Published video “The truck drivers in Holmes County are ready to roll! 💪🏼”.
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Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy is an American entrepreneur and politician. He founded Roivant Sciences, a biotechnological pharmaceutical company, in 2014 and was its chief executive officer until 2021. Ramaswamy entered national politics as the youngest presidential candidate in the 2024 Republican primaries, but withdrew his bid and endorsed Donald Trump. He is currently the Republican nominee for go…
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business · American entrepreneur and politician (born 1985) · entrepreneur · pundit · podcaster · politician · biologist · also Vivek Ramaswamy, Vivek G. Ramaswamy, Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy
Born 9 August 1985 · Q27881473
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2026· 16 entries
Published video “🇺🇸🇺🇸”.
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Published video “Incredible job by the Edell family & the entire Upper Arlington community last night. ❤️”.
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Published video “Spoke to a number of Democrats in Holmes County yesterday, this man didn’t hold back.”.
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Published video “Some fun side conversations during the livestock auction at the Holmes County Fair last night. 🐖🐄”.
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Published video “Young Americans Can’t Afford Homes. Here’s How We Fix It.”.
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Published video “DJ’s Barbershop”.
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Published video “They won’t steamroll me. Give it a try & see what happens.”.
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Published video “Economic development & protecting our farmland don’t have to be in tension.”.
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Claimed: “In 2020, “Amy Acton called off Ohio’s election at the last minute.”” — rated Mostly False by PolitiFact.
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Snopes rated the claim “Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican candidate for Ohio governor in 2026, once said, "Ohio is a good state; I can't say it's the best state."” Correct Attribution.
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The Guardian: Vivek Ramaswamy wins Ohio GOP primary, setting up tight governor race
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The Guardian: Vivek Ramaswamy ‘alarmed’ after family’s bodyguard charged for drug trafficking
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Ramaswamy announced that he had selected Ohio State Senate President Rob McColley as his running mate for lieutenant governor
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Campaign: 2026 Ohio gubernatorial election.
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2025· 4 entries
Ramaswamy received the official endorsement of the Ohio Republican Party's State Central Committee, marking the earliest the state Republican Party had ever endorsed a non-incumbent gubernatorial candidate
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Ramaswamy filed to enter the 2026 Ohio gubernatorial election
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The Guardian: Vivek Ramaswamy quits ‘Doge’ cost-cutting program leaving Musk in charge
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The Guardian: Musk and Ramaswamy sending agents across US government to seek cuts
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2024· 6 entries
USA Today rated the claim “Kash Patel's dad said he was a childhood friend of Vivek Ramaswamy” False.
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The Guardian: Musk and Ramaswamy tout ‘Doge’ plan on Capitol Hill – how will it work?
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The Guardian: Musk and Ramaswamy call for ending work-from-home for federal employees
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WCNC rated the claim “Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are part of Trump's Cabinet” False.
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Campaign ended: 2024 presidential election; endorsed Trump.
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Campaign: 2024 presidential election.
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2023· 18 entries
Claimed: ““Why am I the only person on this stage at least who can say that Jan. 6 now does look like it was an inside job?”” — rated No evidence by The Washington Post.
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Claimed: “"These are big changes that the next president can deliver without asking Congress for permission or for forgiveness.”” — rated False by The Washington Post.
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Claimed: ““These people want to send your sons and daughters to go die in Ukraine, they’ve been arguing for it for a year.”” — rated None of the candidates said that by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: ““January 6 now does look like it was an inside job.”” — rated Pants on Fire by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “"There was enough fentanyl that was captured just on the northern border last year to kill 3 million Americans."” — rated Needs context by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: ““Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden got a $5 million bribe from Ukraine. That’s why we’re sending $200 billion back to that same country.”” — rated Baseless by The Washington Post.
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Claimed: “An exemption in a new Florida law “allowed Chinese nationals to buy land within a 20-mile radius of a military base, lobbied for by one of (Gov. Ron DeSantis’) donors.”” — rated Half True by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: ““Gen Z is divided 50-50 on whether they support Hamas or Israel.”” — rated Mostly False by PolitiFact.
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Ramaswamy declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president of the United States in 2024 on Tucker Carlson Tonight
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In 2023, Ramaswamy's campaign said his net worth was around $1 billion.
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Reported net worth: $950M (as of 2023).
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“s military operation against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh and said that the U.S. should block all its military aid to Azerbaijan. Russia-Ukraine Ramaswamy said he favored”
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“Israel should be able to make the decisions of how it defends itself”
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That he had a net worth of around $15 million before graduating from law school
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Ramaswamy supported him, promising to pardon Trump if elected president
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The New York Times described Ramaswamy as an anti-woke candidate
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Ramaswamy's campaign said his net worth was around $1 billion
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The only real estate he reported owning was a house in Columbus, Ohio, in Franklin County
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2022· 3 entries
As an "anti-woke" energy sector index fund
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“do whatever allows them to be most successful over the long run without regard to political, social, cultural or environmental agendas.”
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Urged Chevron to increase oil production and criticized its support for a carbon tax
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2021· 2 entries
Ramaswamy wrote his first book, Woke Inc, and appeared on cable networks arguing against left-wing "woke" policies
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After he resigned as CEO, Roivant was listed on the Nasdaq via a reverse merger with Montes Archimedes Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition vehicle
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2020· 3 entries
Ramaswamy co-founded Chapter Medicare, a Medicare navigation platform
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"I believe it is wrong to kill sentient animals for culinary pleasure
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When Ramaswamy was CEO of Roivant Sciences, the company established a nonprofit social-impact arm, Roivant Social Ventures (RSV), with his support
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2019· 1 entry
Roivant sold its stake in five subsidiaries (or "vants"), including Enzyvant, to Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma; Ramaswamy made $175 million in capital gains from the sale
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2018· 1 entry
Ramaswamy said he had no regrets about how the company handled the drug
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2017· 2 entries
Roivant partnered with CITIC Private Equity of the Chinese state-owned CITIC Group to form Sinovant
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Ramaswamy struck a deal with Masayoshi Son in which SoftBank invested $1
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2016· 1 entry
Donated $2,700 to the campaign of Dena Grayson, a Florida Democrat running for Congress
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2015· 3 entries
And said his company would "be the highest return on investment endeavor ever taken up in the pharmaceutical industry
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“Berkshire Hathaway of drug development”
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Ramaswamy raised $360 million for the Roivant subsidiary Axovant Sciences in an attempt to market intepirdine as a drug for Alzheimer's disease
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2014· 2 entries
Ramaswamy founded the biotechnology firm Roivant Sciences; the "Roi" in the company's name refers to return on investment
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And was its chief executive officer until 2021
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2013· 1 entry
Studied at Yale Law School, Juris Doctor (2013).
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2011· 1 entry
Ramaswamy was awarded a postgraduate fellowship to attend law school by the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
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2007· 3 entries
And a Juris Doctor from Yale University in 2013
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Ramaswamy and Travis May co-founded Campus Venture Network, which published a private social networking website for university students who aspired to launch a business
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Studied at Harvard College, Bachelor of Arts (2007).
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2004· 2 entries
But did not vote in the presidential elections in 2008, 2012, or 2016
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Published “Co-creation experiences: The next practice in value creation” in Journal of Interactive Marketing — cited 4,472 times.
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2003· 3 entries
Awarded Coca-Cola Scholars Program (2003).
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Awarded Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program (2003).
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Studied at St. Xavier High School (2003).
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1985· 2 entries
In Cincinnati, Ohio, to Tamil Palakkad Iyer parents from India
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Born 1985-08-09.
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