Ramaswamy throws his hat for US President's post - know his family, education, and other interesting details

Vivek Ramaswamy, an Indian-American tech entrepreneur has launched his 2024 presidential bid with a promise to 'put merit back' and end dependence on China. He is the second community member to enter the Republican Party's presidential primary after Nikki Haley.  

Here is all you need to know about this Indian-American youth icon running for a US Presidential bid.  

Early life and family 

37-year-old Ramaswamy was born on August 9, 1985 to South Indian parents Vivek Ganapathy and Geetha Ramaswamy, who migrated to the United States from Kerala nearly four decades ago. His father was an engineer and his mother, a doctor.  

Married to Ohio-based assistant professor and surgeon Apoorva Tewari Ramaswamy, the couple has one child.  

Education  

Ramaswamy graduated from St. Xavier High School, a Jesuit high school in Cincinnati, in 2003. In 2007, he graduated from Harvard College. Later he went to Yale Law school to pursue his higher studies. 

Entrepreneurship and professional journey  

He started his entrepreneurial journey in 2007 after he graduated from Harvard with Travis May and co-founded the Campus Venture Network. He also worked at QVT Financial, an investment advisory firm from 2010-2013.  

Ramaswamy established the pharmaceutical company Roivant Sciences in 2014 and served as the CEO of the company until 2021. Forbes magazine also featured Vivek Ramaswamy in 2015 for his contribution to the development of medical sciences. 

Forbes reported that He was behind the biggest biotechnology initial public offering of 2016, Myovant Sciences, which raised $218 million by listing its shares on Nasdaq in October. Ramaswamy formed the company in April and struck a deal with Takeda Pharmaceuticals for a prostate cancer drug and a female infertility drug. Last year, Ramaswamy pulled off the biggest IPO in U.S. biotech history by listing shares of Axovant, a company that is trying to develop a new Alzheimer's drug. 

Currently, Vivek Ramaswamy is working as the executive chairman and co-founder of Strive Asset Management. 

Net worth  

In 2016, he became America's Richest Entrepreneurs Under 40 Net Worth, recorded by Forbes. He has a net worth of $600 million, as per Forbes.  

Political Career 

In 2022, Ramaswamy considered a candidacy in the United States election in Ohio. A self-described conservative, Ramaswamy, declared his bid for Presidential Elections in 2024 on Fox News.  

"We are in the middle of this national identity crisis where we have celebrated our differences for so long that we forgot all the ways we are just the same as Americans bound by a common set of ideals that set this nation into motion 250 years ago," Ramaswamy said. 

He calls 'wokeism' a national threat.