Vivek Ramaswamy is an American business leader, New York Times bestselling author, and former 2024 Republican U.S. Presidential candidate.
Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, he went on to become a successful entrepreneur who started Roivant Sciences, Strive, Chapter, and a number of other successful businesses. He is bestselling author with three published books — Woke, Inc. (2021), Nation of Victims (2022), and Capitalist Punishment (2023) — with a forthcoming book in 2024, Truths: The Future of America First.
Vivek is married to Apoorva, a throat surgeon and Assistant Professor at the at the James Cancer Hospital at Ohio State University. They live in Columbus, Ohio, where they are raising their two sons.