Vivek Ramaswamy

🎯 Primary Loyalties (Ranked)

1. Biotech and pharmaceutical sector
2. Free-market deregulation
3. Anti-DEI conservatism
4. High-skilled immigration policy

📋 Actions That Prove It

• ✓Founded Roivant Sciences in 2014, a biopharmaceutical company that raised over $7 billion and partnered with Pfizer on a $7.2 billion deal for a COVID-19 treatment.
• ✓Proposed abolishing the FDA during his 2024 Republican presidential campaign to expedite drug approvals and reduce regulatory barriers.
• ✓Defended the H-1B visa program in December 2024 social media posts and interviews, stating the U.S. needs top global engineering talent from countries like India.
• ✓Published 'Woke, Inc.' in 2021, critiquing corporate adoption of ESG and DEI initiatives while advocating for reduced government intervention in business.

⚠️ Contradictions

• •Criticized Big Pharma's regulatory capture and influence but Roivant Sciences benefited from FDA approvals and partnerships with major firms like Pfizer.
• •Portrayed as populist prioritizing American workers but supported H-1B visas, which enable U.S. firms to hire foreign professionals at potentially lower costs.
• •Anti-establishment rhetoric against elites contrasts with personal career in hedge funds (e.g., at Stratus) and biotech SPAC mergers generating significant personal wealth.