Activist investor Vivek Ramaswamy, who launched a firm last year to pressure companies to abandon environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) initiatives, said on Tuesday that he would run for President of the United States.
Ramaswamy, 37, will step down as executive chairman of Strive Asset Management, which raised more than $650 million from investors in less than six months to pursue his bid for the presidency in 2024, according to the firm’s website. Mobilize.
Ramaswamy tweeted Tuesday after his announcement, “We’ve celebrated our ‘diversity’ so much that we’ve forgotten all the ways we are truly Americans, bound by the ideals that made us proud 250 years ago.” united a divided, obstinate group of people.” ,
A former biotechnology investor and executive, Ramaswamy will be pursuing the Republican nomination in a crowded field.
