Vivek Ramaswamy

An American Entrepreneur - 12 Lesser Known Facts Image Source: Wikipedia

Vivek Ramaswamy is an entrepreneur, lawyer, author & politician who became the candidate from the Republican party for the 2024 US presidential election.

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He was born on 09-08-1985 in Cincinnati, Ohio, US as Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy to Indian Hindu Brahmin parents who immigrated to the US.

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His father V. G. Ramaswamy was an engineer and his mother Geetha Ramaswamy was a geriatric psychiatrist, and he has a brother named Shankar Ramaswamy.

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He dated his college friend Apoorva Tiwari for 2-3 years and later they married in May 2015 and are blessed with 2 sons Karthik & Arjun.

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He received a Juris Doctor degree at the age of 28 in 2013 from Yale Law School, New Haven.

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He is a pure vegetarian.

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He is a vocal supporter of Donald Trump.

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He founded Campus Venture Network in 2007 and sold it to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in 2009.

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He also worked at QVT Financial LP as a manager and partner from 2007 to 2014.

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He founded the biotechnology company “Roivant Sciences” in 2014.

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He founded an asset management company “Strive Asset Management” in 2021.

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To date, he has published three books; 1) Woke Inc - 2 edition 2) Nation of Victims 3) Capitalist Punishment

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