Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy (born on August 9, 1985 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American entrepreneur and presidential candidate.
His father, V. Ganapathy Ramaswamy, a graduate of the NIT Calicut, worked as an engineer and patent attorney for GE, while his mother, Geetha Ramaswamy (worked as a geriatric psychiatrist)
His father, V. Ganapathy Ramaswamy, a graduate of the NIT Calicut, worked as an engineer and patent attorney for GE, while his mother, Geetha Ramaswamy (worked as a geriatric psychiatrist)
Ramaswamy was raised in Ohio. In high school, Ramaswamy used to play tennis and was a nationally ranked tennis Player.
In 2007, Ramaswamy graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts & summa cum laude, in biology. He later earned a J.D.(Juris Doctor) from Yale Law School.
Ramaswamy worked as an investment partner at a hedge fund before founding Roivant Sciences. He also co-founded an investment firm, Strive Asset Management.
He founded Roivant Sciences, a pharmaceutical company, in 2014. In August 2023, Forbes estimated Ramaswamy's net worth at more than $950 million.
In 2020, Ramaswamy co-founded Chapter Medicare, a Medicare navigation platform.He served on the Ohio COVID-19 Response Team.
Ramaswamy's wife, Apoorva Tewari Ramaswamy, is a laryngologist and surgeon; they met at Yale, when he was studying law and she was studying medicine.They married in 2015 and have two sons.
In February 2023, Ramaswamy declared his candidacy for the Republican Party nomination in the 2024 United States presidential election.