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Vivek Ramaswami: Donald Trump, who won the US presidential election, will once again take oath as President on January 20, 2025. He has started taking many important decisions to make his government effective and efficient. In which now Trump has given important responsibility in his cabinet to Indian-American Vivek Ramaswamy. Vivek Ramaswamy, 37, will head the Department of Government Efficiency (DoGE).
He joined the election race this year
Indian-American entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy was the first person who decided to run for president. He filed his nomination from the Republican Party. Later, seeing the claims and leadership of former President Donald Trump, Ramaswamy openly supported him. After all, the public has elected Donald Trump as President.
Who is Vivek Ramaswamy?
His full name is Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy. Vivek was born on 9 August 1985 in Cincinnati, South West Ohio. Vivek Ramaswamy is an American politician and entrepreneur. He founded the pharmaceutical company Roivant Sciences in 2014. In February 2023, Ramaswamy announced his candidacy with the Republican Party in the 2024 presidential election.
Ramaswami’s parents and relations with India
Vivek Ramaswamy’s father V. Ganapathy Ramaswamy is a resident of Palakkad, Kerala. After completing his engineering degree from a local college in Kerala, his father V.G. Ramaswami started working at the General Electric plant in Evendale, Ohio. Vivek’s mother was a psychiatrist in Cincinnati. His wife Apoorva Tiwari Ramaswamy is a doctor at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
A look at Ramaswamy’s education
Ramaswamy received his early education from St. Xavier’s High School in Cincinnati. He also received his higher education from Harvard and Yale Law Schools. Ramaswamy earned an undergraduate degree from Harvard and a law degree from Yale. Also studied biology in college.
How much wealth does this entrepreneur own?
In January 2024, Forbes estimated Ramaswamy’s net worth at over $960 million. His wealth comes from biotech and financial businesses.
A well-known face in the biotech business
Vivek Ramaswamy is a well-known face in the biotech business. He makes medicines and runs the biotech company Roivant Sciences. He founded the largest biotechnology firm Myovant Sciences in 2016. After forming the company in April, it signed deals with Takeda Pharmaceuticals for a prostate cancer drug and a female infertility drug.
Vivek Ramaswamy is also the founder of companies like Myovant Sciences, Eurovant Sciences, Antivant Therapeutics, Altavant Sciences and Spirovant Sciences in the biopharma sector.
A second-generation Indian American, Ramaswamy has made a name for himself in the biotech field in a very short time. She was featured on the cover page of Forbes magazine in 2015. Apart from this, according to Forbes magazine, in 2014, Vivek was ranked 30th among the richest entrepreneurs under the age of 30. In 2016, he was ranked the 24th richest entrepreneur under the age of 40.