Indian-origin entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy will no longer be a part of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The White House has given this information. President Donald Trump had announced this and selected him for leadership along with billionaire Elon Musk. After losing the Iowa caucus to Donald Trump, 38-year-old entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy had withdrawn his name from the presidential race. He has expressed his desire to contest the election for Governor of Ohio.
Ramaswamy’s removal from DOGE was confirmed just hours after Trump took oath. Government Efficiency Commission spokeswoman Anna Kelly praised Ramaswami’s ‘crucial role’ in helping to form DOGE.
‘He wants to contest elections so he will have to go out’
“He intends to run for office, which will require him to stay out of DOGE, based on the structure announced today,” Kelly said in a statement. We thank him very much for his contributions over the past two months and look forward to him playing an important role in making America great again.
In November last year, Trump appointed Musk and Ramaswamy as co-leaders of DOGE. DOGE, named after Musk’s favorite cryptocurrency, aims to streamline federal operations as well as cut wasteful expenses. Despite its name, this department will work outside the government.
Who is Vivek Ramaswamy?
39 year old Vivek Ramaswamy is a big businessman in the tech sector. He was born in a Tamil speaking Brahmin family. Vivek Ramaswamy’s parents came to America from Kerala and settled in America during his childhood. He was brought up in Ohio. He went to Roman Catholic school but often visited the temple with his family. He earned a degree in biology from Harvard University. After this he went to Yale Law School.
He has worked as a hedge fund investor. Even before he graduated from Yale University, he had earned millions of dollars. In 2014, he founded the biotech company Roivant Sciences, which buys patents for medicines from big companies. He resigned from the post of CEO of this company in 2021. According to Forbes magazine, his net worth in 2023 was around $630 million.
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