Vivek Ramaswamy

Described as

American businessman (born 1985)

Other names

Vivek G. Ramaswamy, Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy

Born

August 9, 1985 · 1 reference

Born in

Cincinnati · 1 reference

Name at birth

Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy · 1 reference

Citizen of

United States · 1 reference

Occupation

entrepreneur · 1 reference; pundit; podcaster; politician · 1 reference; biologist · 1 reference

Positions held

member of the board of trustees · 1 reference

Political party

Republican Party · 1 reference

Worked for

QVT (2007–2014); Roivant (2014–)

Education

Princeton Community Middle School · 1 reference; St. Xavier High School (–2003) · 2 references; Harvard College (–2007); Yale Law School (–2013) · 1 reference

Member of

Phi Beta Kappa Society; Shabtai

Teams

St. Xavier Bombers tennis · 1 reference

Awards

Bowdoin prize · 1 reference; Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program (2003) · 1 reference; Coca-Cola Scholars Program (2003) · 1 reference

Field

politician · 1 reference; political analyst · 1 reference

Spouse

Apoorva T. Ramaswamy (2015–) · 1 reference

Father

Vivek Ganapathy · 1 reference

Mother

Geetha Ramaswamy · 1 reference

Religion

Hinduism

Lived in

Cincinnati · 1 reference; West Chester · 1 reference

Website

https://www.vivekramaswamy.com/

Wikipedias with a page

45

Wikidata item Q27881473 (wikidata.org/wiki/Q27881473), public domain (CC0). Copied November 13, 2026.

Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy (born August 9, 1985) is an American billionare businessman, entrepreneur, and former political candidate. He founded Roivant Sciences, a biotechnological pharmaceutical company, in 2014 and was its chief executive officer until 2021. Ramaswamy was a candidate in the 2024 Republican primaries, but withdrew his bid and endorsed Donald Trump. He was the Republican nominee in the 2026 Ohio gubernatorial election, losing to Democratic nominee Amy Acton.
Ramaswamy was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Indian immigrant parents. He earned a bachelor's degree in biology from Harvard College in 2007 and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 2013. He worked at a hedge fund before founding Roivant Sciences and co-founded an investment firm, Strive Asset Management, in 2022. Forbes estimated Ramaswamy's net worth to be $2.3 billion in September 2026, derived primarily from his biotech and financial businesses.
Ramaswamy’s tenure at Roivant Sciences, including its development of the Alzheimer’s drug candidate intepirdine, which failed in phase 3 trials, was criticized by political opponents during his campaigns. During the 2026 Ohio gubernatorial campaign, an advertisement from Ramaswamy’s campaign featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother drew criticism from Acton and from fellow Republicans, including Governor Mike DeWine.
Initially a libertarian and president of the Harvard Political Union, Ramaswamy described himself as apolitical for a period until 2020, when he supported Trump in the 2020 presidential election. In 2021, Ramaswamy wrote his first book, Woke Inc, and appeared on cable networks arguing against left-wing and "woke" policies.

Born, in its opening lines

August 9, 1985

From the Wikipedia article “Vivek Ramaswamy” (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivek_Ramaswamy), by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Copied November 13, 2026; not changed.