[News Figures] Rising Star Vivek Ramaswamy Gains Attention in US Republican Primary

'Vivek Ramaswamy' is a 38-year-old conservative political newcomer and Indian-American billionaire running as the Republican candidate for the U.S. presidential election.

Born in 1985 to Indian immigrant parents in Cincinnati, Ohio, he graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University with a degree in biology, then graduated from Yale Law School before working at a hedge fund. In 2014, he founded the biotech company Roivant Sciences, which has been on a successful path as five of its self-developed drugs received approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

On the 23rd, at the Republican presidential candidate debate held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (right) is giving a speech. On the left in the photo is Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida. [Photo by Milwaukee AFP/Yonhap News]

In 2022, criticizing large asset management firms like BlackRock and Vanguard for spending money on environmental and social issues against investors' wishes, he also founded the asset management company Strive. He is married to Apurva, a professor of medicine and surgeon at Ohio State University Medical School, and they have two sons.

Ramaswamy declared his candidacy in February as the youngest primary contender and is campaigning on "America First 2.0," continuing former President Trump's policies. He opposes affirmative action policies at universities and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) policies that measure companies' environmental and social impacts, advocating for raising the voting age to 25 and ending support for Ukraine.

He began attracting attention for provocative remarks during the first Republican presidential primary debate on the 23rd. At the debate, he praised former President Trump as "the greatest president of the 21st century," and Trump shared this on his social media, responding, "Ramaswamy had a big win. Because that is the truth."

According to political media outlet The Hill and others, on the 29th (local time), when asked if he had ever considered the Indian-American entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, whose poll numbers have recently risen due to his strong debate performance, as a vice presidential candidate, former President Trump said, "I think he would do very well. He is smart, young, talented, and has great energy."

As Republican presidential candidates' TV debates are being mocked as "auditions to pick Trump's vice presidential running mate," the U.S. political world is focused on how long the political newcomer Ramaswamy's advance can continue.

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