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vivek ramaswamy | trump administrative member usa
At just 39 years old, Vivek Ramaswamy, a self-made billionaire and co-director of the Trump Administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), is a big advocate for a unified America through capitalism. Known for his self-made wealth and outspoken support for capitalism, Ramaswamy’s financial success stems from his biotech company, Rowant Sciences, and diverse investments in technology, cryptocurrency, and asset management. A graduate of Harvard and Yale Law School, Ramaswamy is also a big proponent of an economic philosophy he calls “Capitalism of Excellence.” Born in the US to Indian immigrant parents, Ramaswamy rose to political prominence when he announced his candidacy for the Republican Party nomination in 2023.
Vivek Ramaswamy’s Net Worth: Building Wealth Through Biotech
Ramaswamy has appeared on Forbes’ Richest
Businessmen Under 40 and 30 Richest
List of 30 Under 30. According to the Forbes Real-Time Net Worth list, the biotech professional has a net worth of more than $1 billion. Ramaswamy’s primary source of wealth is Rowant Sciences, a biotech company he founded in 2014. His business strategy has focused on acquiring and developing pharmaceuticals, then moving toward commercialization. In 2016, Ramaswamy played a key role in launching Myovant Sciences, a Roivant subsidiary, the largest biotech initial public offering (IPO) of the year, raising $218 million on the Nasdaq. Entering politics and advocating “excellence capitalism,” Ramaswamy moved away from biotech in 2021 to politics, publishing Woke, Inc. to
criticize corporate America’s focus on social
issues. He later founded Strive Asset
management, an “anti-whack” investment
firm valued at around $300 million,
backed by prominent investors such as
Peter Thiel and Bill Ackman. Describing himself as
a “wonderful capitalist”
Ramaswamy has argued for companies
to prioritize customer-focused excellence
over social or political goals, while maintaining
