Vivek Ramaswamy

Vivek Ramaswamy is an American business leader, New York Times bestselling author, and former top 2024 Republican US presidential candidate. Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, he went on to graduate summa cum laude in biology from Harvard and received his JD from Yale Law School, while working at a hedge fund. He then started a biotech company, Roivant Sciences, where he oversaw the development of five drugs that went on to become approved by the FDA. In 2022, he founded Strive, an Ohio-based asset management firm that directly competes with asset managers like BlackRock, State Street, Vanguard, and others, who use the money of everyday citizens to advance environmental and social agendas that many citizens and capital owners disagree with. Vivek is married to Apoorva, a throat surgeon and assistant professor at the James Cancer Hospital at Ohio State University. They live in Columbus, Ohio, where they are raising their two sons.