Hi everybody. I'm very happy to date to talk with Vivek,

Rameswamy, who has just announced his candidacy for the American presidency and is going to

well hopefully change the political landscape in doing so. Vivek is an American business leader

and New York Times bestselling author of Woke Inc. Inside corporate America's Social Justice Scam,

along with his second book, Nation of Victims, Identity Politics, the Death of Merit, and the Path

Back to Excellence. Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, he often recounts the sage advice from his

father. If you're going to stand out then you might as well be outstanding. This set the course

for his life, a nationally ranked tennis player, valedictorian of his high school, St. Xavier.

He went on to graduate, Sama-Kom-Lade, and biology from Harvard, and then received his JD

from Yale Law School while working at a hedge fund. He then started a biotech company, Roy Van

Sciences, where he oversaw the development of five drugs that became FDA-approved.

In 2022, this is an important side note. He found and strived an Ohio-based asset management firm

that directly competes with asset managers like Black Rock, State Street, and Van Garde,

who use the money of everyday citizens, that includes you, by the way, to advance environmental

and social agendas that many citizens and capital owners disagree with. That's a far more

important issue than you might think, and we're going to discuss that law as we proceed through

our conversation today. Well, hello, Vivek, and everyone watching. It's on here on the YouTube

platform. I'd always good to have everybody's time and attention. Vivek Ramaswamy, who I'm

talking to today, is running for president, which seems to be quite the preposterous thing to do

for anyone. I would say this next 2024 election is going to be some interesting contest as far as

I can tell. We're not going to have seen anything like it. And the fact that you threw your hat in

the ring, I think, is part and parcel of the whole show. So let's start by just exploring

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