Vivek Ramaswamy, a 37-year-old tech and healthcare entrepreneur, announced his run for the 2024 U.S. Presidency Tuesday evening. The Ohio native made the announcement during an appearance on Tucker Carlson Tonight and in a subsequent Wall Street Journal editorial.
Ramaswamy has founded many multibillion-dollar tech and healthcare companies, after graduating summa cum laude from Harvard and receiving a law degree from Yale, according to his biography page on Strive.com.
His political views align with those of the Republican Party, including the need to secure the borders, eliminate affirmative action “across the American economy,” and declare economic independence from China. Ramaswamy has expressed criticism of companies using their platforms for social causes and has echoed the views of many far-right Republicans that America’s values are in decline.
In his editorial, Ramaswamy called for reviving merit “in every sphere of American life” and creating a new American dream “that is not only about money but about the unapologetic pursuit of excellence.”
Ramaswamy is the latest politician to announce his run in the GOP primary following former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who announced her candidacy last Tuesday. Former President Donald Trump, 76, announced his own 2024 run back in November during a speech at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida.
Ramaswamy has elaborated on his beliefs through his 2021 New York Times best-selling book, Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam, and his 2022 follow-up, Nation of Victims: Identity Politics, the Death of Merit, and the Path Back to Excellence.
We’ve celebrated our “diversity” so much that we forgot all the ways we’re really the same as Americans, bound by ideals that united a divided, headstrong group of people 250 years ago. I believe deep in my bones those ideals still exist. I’m running for President to revive them. pic.twitter.com/bz5Qtt4tmm
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) February 22, 2023
Ramaswamy’s campaign announcement has attracted the attention of many, including Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who has since made Ramaswamy a regular guest on his show. The views expressed in Ramaswamy’s books led the New Yorker to dub him as the “CEO of Anti-Woke, Inc.”
It remains to be seen how Ramaswamy’s campaign will fare in the 2024 presidential election. However, the entrepreneur has shown ambition and drive and has the potential to become a strong contender in the race.
