Vivek Ramaswamy

Profile Overview

Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy (born August 9, 1985) 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 governor of Ohio in the 2026 gubernatorial election and has been endorsed by both Trump and the Ohio Republican Party.
Ramaswamy was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to Indian immigrant parents. He earned a bachelor's degree in biology from Harvard University in 2007 and a Juris Doctor from Yale University in 2013. Ramaswamy became an investment partner at a hedge fund before founding Roivant Sciences in 2014. He also co-founded an investment firm, Strive Asset Management, in 2022. Forbes estimated Ramaswamy's net worth to be $3.1 billion in August 2026, derived primarily from his biotech and financial businesses.
Ramaswamy largely remained apolitical 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 "woke" policies. He became an active donor to the Republican Party. He briefly considered running in the 2022 U.S. Senate election in Ohio.