Vivek Ramaswamy Campaigns for President, The Atlantic, July 2023
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has been rising in the polls as his youthful presence in the Republican field and hardline conservative policies gain attention in Iowa, the first contest for the Republican primary. The Ohio native and son of immigrant parents from India, Ramaswamy is an entrepreneur in the finance, pharmaceutical, and biotech industries with an estimated net worth of at least 630 million according to Forbes. He is a Harvard educated biologist and Yale trained lawyer who has made a fortune on Wall Street. Ramaswamy is an author who has risen to prominence with conservatives in the United States as an anti-woke activist.
