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Biotech millionaire Vivek Ramaswamy is “seriously considering” a run for president to solve America’s “national identity crisis.”
Best-selling author and conservative thought leader dubbed ‘CEO of Anti-Woke Inc.’ he told DailyMail.com that he will be traveling the country and targeting early voting states to see if there is appetite for what he hopes to bring to the table in a potential 2024 Republican primary bid.
Ramaswamy, 37, said the person who becomes president next doesn’t matter as much as the content and convictions they bring to the table, taking a veiled jab at the personality politics of former President Donald Trump and others potentially vying to take the lead. presidency. Joe Biden’s place in the White House.
“We are in the midst of a national identity crisis,” Ramaswamy told DailyMail.com in an interview on Monday. “We’re missing a good answer to the question: what does it mean to be an American in the year 2023. This leaves a gap for secular religions to emerge, whether it’s awakening or even COVID-ism.”
Vivek Ramaswamy told DailyMail.com that he is “seriously considering” a 2024 presidential run and to “keep an eye out” for an announcement in the coming weeks or months. The biotech millionaire and bestselling author is traveling the country to scout an offer, saying he wants to fix America’s “national identity crisis.”
A 2022 New York Skyline by Ramaswamy declared the chief technology officer the ‘CEO of Anti-Woke, Inc.’ He has also been described as ‘one of the most compelling conservative voices in the country’.
In recent weeks, the son of Indian immigrants whose hometown is Cincinnati, Ohio, has begun traveling the country, specifically to states that hold early primary contests.
“I am starting a conversation that is overdue in our country and I feel that Americans are hungry to have that conversation,” Ramaswamy told DailyMail.com in an interview on Monday.
‘May I lead that conversation?’ she questioned. “Making sure I keep the conviction of the country in mind, making sure this is not about me.”
‘Do Americans share that conviction? If so, then I think I’ll take the next step.’
Ramaswamy said he doesn’t want to make a future offer about himself as a person, but the insights he hopes to share as a potential candidate, saying if the public resonates with that message, he might be the right person for the job. .
“Who is less important than what and why,” he said.
Although Ramaswamy said he’s ‘not a great guy on labels’, he said ‘content’ is important. He would be running as a Republican in a field already rife with speculative bids.
Only Trump and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley have officially launched a 2024 campaign so far on the Republican side. Haley released her announcement video Tuesday morning and will hold her first official campaign event Wednesday in Columbia, South Carolina.
Former President Donald Trump (left) and his former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley (right) are the only two Republicans to have officially announced their 2024 run for president so far.
Conservative radio host Larry Elder said he is also “seriously considering” running for president.
Other speculative candidates include former Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, South Dakota Dakota Kristi Noem and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, among dozens more.
Ramaswamy is an entrepreneur in the healthcare and technology sectors. He previously considered running for the Ohio Senate seat in 2021, but ultimately decided against it.
The Harvard College and Yale law graduate co-founded Strive Asset Management and is currently CEO.
Strive is based in Ohio and the asset management firm was financially backed by Ohio Senator JD Vance and Peter Thiel, a billionaire German-American conservative libertarian businessman, venture capitalist, and political activist.
The firm was created as an alternative to other companies like BlackRock, with the specific goal of staying away from political involvement.
The best-selling author has been described as “the leading anti-ESG crusader.”
ESG, which stands for Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance Investing, has been a growing hot topic among Republicans.
Ramaswamy wrote Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam, which was published in August 2021, and Nation of Victims: Identity Politics, the Death of Merit, and the Path Back to Excellence, which hit shelves in September 2021. 2022.
He spoke to DailyMail.com while traveling the country while exploring a run for president.
“I had a speech in New Hampshire, a couple, to Republican governors in the Republican Governors Association in DC. He delivered the keynote address for the National Policy Council (CNP) in Florida,’ noted the potential candidate when asked what he has done while he weighs jumping into the race.
Ramaswamy has two children and is married to Apoorva Tewari Ramaswamy, who is an assistant professor and surgeon at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
Ramaswamy noted that he will head to New Hampshire next week before heading to the state of Iowa, the nation’s first primary contest.