EXCLUSIVE: Vivek Ramaswamy’s wife Apoorva says he won’t be Trump’s VP because he isn’t used to ‘not being the boss’

Vivek Ramaswamy’s wife made it crystal clear that her husband wants to lead the free world and will not accept a position as Donald Trump’s vice president.

In her first print interview, throat surgeon Apoorva Ramaswamy, 34, told Dailymail.com: “He’s not used to not being in charge. He runs companies.’

“I’ve known this man for a while,” she added. “There’s a reason why he’s an entrepreneur and didn’t rise to CEO from a large company.”

The mother-of-two also fiercely defended her husband against recent claims that he had been ‘cold’ and an ‘ice man’ towards employees as he built his business empire.

According to a Friday report, some complained that Vivek insisted that temperatures in offices be kept below 65 degrees Celsius.

Apoorva said her 38-year-old husband was a “very kind and warm person” who “happens to like the cold.

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“It was a running gag at our wedding about how my husband likes the cold,” the doctor added. ‘We had a holiday where he had to put his head in the freezer because he was so uncomfortable.’

Apoorva works as a throat surgeon and university lecturer. She met Vivek when they were at Yale – he was in law school and she was in medical school. If Vivek is elected president, Apoorva says she wants to focus on improving the quality of life of cancer survivors as First Lady

“He literally likes to keep the temperature at 64 degrees – that’s no secret,” Apoorva said in response to the Business Insider report calls the candidate ‘high maintenance’ with a ‘ruthless fixation on temperature.’

“I don’t know what that would say about his personality, other than the fact that he likes the cold,” Apoorva dismissed in response to hints that his preference for cold temperatures also translates into a cold temperament.

Speaking about the couple’s decision to join the race to create a better world for their two sons – Karthik, four, and Arjun, one – Apoorva assured that her husband is not in the running to audition for Vice president of former President Donald Trump.

The throat surgeon said, “It’s funny, just because I’ve known this guy for a while, you know. There’s a reason why he’s an entrepreneur and didn’t rise to CEO from a large company. He’s not used to not being in charge.’

“He runs companies,” she added.

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio to Indian immigrant parents, Vivek Ramaswamy is a self-made biotech millionaire. He received his bachelor’s degree in biology from Harvard and later earned a JD from Yale Law School. He worked as an investment partner at a hedge fund before founding Roivant Sciences and co-founding investment firm Strive Asset Management.

Apoorva, whose parents are also Indian immigrants, met Vivek at a party at Yale when he was studying law and she was studying medicine. They married in 2015 and have two young sons.

Apoorva, a self-described “nerdy kid” who loved science, is now a surgeon who specializes in treating swallowing disorders and voice disorders in cancer survivors. Her father was also a surgeon.

If her husband becomes president, Mrs. Ramaswamy said she would continue to focus on her passion: improving the quality of life for cancer survivors.

Apoorva and Vivek Ramaswamy married in 2015 and have two young sons, Karthik, four, and Arjun, one

Apoorva works as a throat surgeon and assistant professor during the week and goes campaigning on weekends with her husband and sons, Arjun (left) and Karthik (right)

“My personal passion – one of the things I wake up to every day, aside from my family and our shared mission – is caring for cancer survivors,” Apoorva told DailyMail.com in the wide-ranging phone call on Sunday. ‘I think they are the most inspiring people – some of the most inspiring people in the world, because they have experienced what we all fear. And they’re on the other side, and they know what’s important.”

“Ensuring their quality of life, their ability to contribute, their ability to enjoy their time with their family – that’s my passion, and that’s what I get to do. And I hope to continue to do that as First Lady, if the voters so choose,” she added.

Apoorva spends her weekdays in Ohio working as an assistant professor and surgeon, but on weekends she goes campaigning with her husband and sons.

Friday’s Insider report hinted that Ramaswamy’s ‘cold’ includes not just temperature but also temperament, calling him ‘Iceman’.

“Behind closed doors, some of these former employees said he could be a neurotic, volatile and paranoid leader,” the report claims.

But Apoorva completely denounced these claims.

“I don’t think people who watch the debate or have had any interaction with Vivek would call him cold,” she said. ‘He is a very kind and warm person where it matters.’

Currently, the 2024 hopeful is preparing to appear at the second GOP debate.

The youngest man to run for the Republican nomination has been helped by his wife and family in his campaign for traditional Republican voters who want to see a family man in the White House.

Apoorva joined Vivek to speak to the press following his comments at a Labor Day picnic in Salem, New Hampshire

Apoorva has joined her husband in several early primary swings and other key Republican primary states.

“I think what’s so encouraging about this whole process that’s traveling across the country, from Iowa to New Hampshire to Florida, Tennessee, across the country, is that there are so many people who agree with us,” Aproova said .

“When you’re in your own silo, you can tend to be alone, and there’s so many people you don’t agree with, who are, you know, saying all the wrong things,” she added .

“But I think the great thing about this process is that so many of us, people from all different backgrounds, who may look different, who may have different types of jobs, all agree on the same principles and values. and that’s been such a beautiful part of this whole process: to see that we’re all in this together.”