Vivek Ramaswamy
American politician and entrepreneur
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| February 2025 | Filed to enter the 2026 Ohio gubernatorial election |
| February 15 2025 | Vivek Ramaswamy filed to enter the 2026 Ohio gubernatorial election, formally launching his campaign for state governor. |
| January 20 2025 | Departed from DOGE to focus on potential 2026 Ohio gubernatorial campaign, reportedly due to internal friction. |
| 2024 | Vivek Ramaswamy launched a presidential campaign, proposing controversial political positions including raising the voting age to 25, potentially requiring a constitutional amendment to disenfranchise nearly 9% of 2020 voters. |
| 2024 | Ramaswamy began serving as a political surrogate for the Trump campaign, representing the campaign at events in place of the candidate. |
| November 12 2024 | President-elect Donald Trump announced Ramaswamy would lead the newly proposed Department of Government Efficiency alongside Elon Musk. |
| November 12 2024 | Announced by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the newly proposed Department of Government Efficiency alongside Elon Musk. |
| May 2024 | Acquired a 7.7% stake in BuzzFeed, which was later increased to 8.4%, making him the second-largest Class A shareholder. Sent a letter to the board suggesting hiring conservative media personalities and new directors to potentially shift the company's content strategy. |
| January 2024 | Forbes estimated his net worth at more than $960 million. |
| January 2024 | Suspended presidential campaign after finishing fourth in the Iowa caucuses and endorsed Donald Trump's candidacy |
| January 2024 | Suspended his presidential campaign after finishing fourth in the Iowa caucuses and endorsed Donald Trump's candidacy. |
| January 14 2024 | Ramaswamy polled fourth at 4.3% in FiveThirtyEight average, behind Trump (60.4%), DeSantis (12.1%), and Haley (11.7%). |
| 2023 | Ramaswamy spoke at the Republican Jewish Coalition Conference in Las Vegas, emphasizing his strong stance against anti-semitism and highlighting his long-standing relationship with Jewish organizations since his college days. |
| 2023 | Ramaswamy criticized university presidents during a United States Congress hearing on antisemitism, calling for them to be fired for their poor response to anti-semitism on campuses and for failing to embrace the true purpose of seeking knowledge. |
| 2023 | Vivek Ramaswamy launched a presidential campaign, proposing controversial political positions including raising the voting age to 25, firing 75% of federal employees, and dismantling several federal agencies like the FBI, IRS, and Education Department. |
| 2023 | Ramaswamy suggested eliminating Juneteenth as a federal holiday, calling it 'useless' and 'redundant', while supporting making Election Day a federal holiday. |
| 2023 | Ramaswamy proposed raising the voting age from 18 to 25, which would require repealing the 26th Amendment and would disenfranchise nearly 9% of voters from the 2020 general election. |
| 2023 | During his presidential campaign, Ramaswamy repeatedly claimed the January 6 attack was 'an inside job' and that 'big tech' stole the 2020 election, promoting unsubstantiated conspiracy theories. |
| 2023 | Reported owning a house in Columbus, Ohio, in Franklin County, living in a $2 million estate in the Upper Arlington suburb. |
| 2023 | Promised to pardon Donald Trump, Julian Assange, Ross Ulbricht, and Edward Snowden if elected president. |
| 2023 | Publicly discussed his views on Martin Shkreli in a speech and his book 'Woke Inc.', describing Shkreli as both 'brilliant' and a pathological liar, and criticizing his prosecution by the U.S. Department of Justice. |
| 2023 | Ramaswamy vocally supported Donald Trump during their simultaneous 2024 Republican presidential nomination campaigns, and immediately rallied behind Trump after his federal criminal indictment. |
| 2023 | Campaign advisor disclosed his net worth as over $1 billion, with Forbes estimating it at more than $950 million. |
| November 2023 | Ramaswamy condemned Azerbaijan's military operation against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh and called for blocking U.S. military aid to Azerbaijan. |
| November 2023 | Condemned Azerbaijan's military operation against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh, calling for the U.S. to block all military aid to Azerbaijan. |
| October 7 2023 | Following Hamas's attack on Israel, Ramaswamy stated that Israel should be able to make its own defense decisions and proposed a 'diplomatic Iron Dome' for Israel, while suggesting U.S. aid should be contingent on Israel's plan to defeat Hamas. |
| October 7 2023 | After Hamas's attack on Israel, Ramaswamy publicly supported Israel's right to defend itself, advocating for U.S. to provide a 'diplomatic Iron Dome' and suggesting U.S. aid to Israel should be contingent on Israel's plans to defeat Hamas. |
| October 3 2023 | Ramaswamy was scheduled to debate Chris Christie on Fox News' Special Report with Bret Baier, but the debate was canceled after the Republican National Committee threatened to ban both candidates from future primary debates. |
| September 27 2023 | Ramaswamy participated in the second Republican presidential debate, speaking for over 12 minutes and frequently interrupting other candidates. He was one of seven candidates on stage, with all first debate participants returning except for Asa Hutchinson. |
| August 2023 | Ramaswamy signed the Republican primary loyalty pledge, becoming the first candidate to meet all debate participation requirements. |
| August 2023 | Politico reported Ramaswamy's extensive media strategy, noting he conducted up to 30 interviews in a single day, covering a wide range of political commentators and media outlets. |
| August 24 2023 | Ramaswamy placed third at 10.3% in FiveThirtyEight poll average, behind Donald Trump (51.6%) and Ron DeSantis (14.8%) among Republican voters. Some polls showed him in second place ahead of DeSantis. |
| August 23 2023 | Ramaswamy participated in the first Republican presidential debate, appearing alongside Ron DeSantis, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Chris Christie, Tim Scott, Asa Hutchinson, and Doug Burgum. His performance was widely discussed, with various media outlets suggesting he 'dominated' or 'overshadowed' other candidates. He topped Google Trends, receiving over one million searches, and was selected by 28% of Republican voters in a JL Partners poll as having the best debate performance. |
| July 2023 | By the end of the second quarter, Ramaswamy had loaned his campaign more than $15 million, with approximately $9 million in cash on hand. |
| July 21 2023 | Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed he reached the minimum number of donors required to participate in the first Republican primary debate. |
| June 2023 | Following the federal indictment of Donald Trump, Ramaswamy vowed to give Trump a presidential pardon if elected. |
| June 2023 | Faced criticism after The Post and Courier reported on his October 2022 closed-door meetings with South Carolina lawmakers, with allegations of unregistered lobbying. |
| May 2023 | Ramaswamy's campaign admitted to paying an editor to alter his Wikipedia biography, removing references to his Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship and Ohio COVID-19 Response Team involvement. |
| May 25 2023 | LinkedIn restored Ramaswamy's account, stating that the original lockout was 'in error', after Ramaswamy characterized the incident as censorship and 'Big Tech' interference. |
| May 24 2023 | LinkedIn issued a statement claiming they do not tolerate misinformation, hate speech, violence, or abuse on their platform, in response to Ramaswamy's account lockout. |
| May 17 2023 | Vivek Ramaswamy's LinkedIn account was locked due to alleged violations of the platform's user agreement, specifically for posts critical of Joe Biden, the Chinese Communist Party, and climate change. |
| February 2023 | Vivek Ramaswamy began an intensive media interview campaign, appearing on over 150 podcasts by August 2023. |
| February 2023 | Declared candidacy for the Republican Party nomination in the 2024 United States presidential election |
| February 2023 | Ramaswamy stepped down as chair of Roivant to focus on his presidential campaign. |
| February 2023 | Resigned as executive chairman of Strive Asset Management to focus on his presidential campaign. |
| February 21 2023 | Ramaswamy declared his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination on Tucker Carlson Tonight. He publicly released 20 years of his individual income tax returns and challenged other primary candidates to do the same. |
| 2022 | Considered running in the U.S. Senate election in Ohio. |
| 2022 | Ramaswamy urged Chevron to increase oil production and criticized the company's support for a carbon tax, while holding a 0.02% stake in the company. |
| 2022 | Launched DRLL, Strive's flagship exchange-traded fund, as an 'anti-woke' energy sector index fund that advocates for increased oil drilling and natural gas fracking. |
| 2022 | Vivek Ramaswamy co-founded Strive Asset Management with his high school friend Anson Frericks in Columbus, Ohio. The firm raised approximately $20 million from investors including Peter Thiel, JD Vance, and Bill Ackman. |
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