Indian-American Tech-Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy Declares 2024 US Presidential Bid

Vivek Ramaswamy, an Indian-American tech entrepreneur becomes the second Indian-American to enter the Republican presidential primary eying the US President’s post in 2024.

Vivek Ramaswamy launched his 2024 presidential bid with a promise to “put merit back” and end dependence on China. Before him, the two-term former governor of South Carolina and former US Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley announced her presidential campaign. She announced that she will contest against her former boss and ex-US President Donald Trump for the Republican Party’s nomination.

Ramaswamy is only 37 years old. His parents hailing from Kerala migrated to the United States. He made the announcement to make a bid for the Republican presidential primary during a live interview on Fox News’s prime time show.

In his recent interview Ramaswamy said, “I think we need to put ‘merit’ back into ‘America’ in every spirit of our lives,” he said, adding that he will end affirmative action in “every sphere of American life.”

Ramaswamy founded Roivant Sciences in 2014 and led the largest biotech IPOs of 2015 and 2016.