Vivek Ramaswamy’s parents are immigrants from Vadakkencherry, Palakkad, Kerala, India.
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His father, Vivek Ganapathy, graduated from a regional engineering college in Kerala before moving to the United States.
He later found employment at the General Electric Plant in Evendale, Ohio.
On the other hand, Vivek’s mother, Geetha Ramaswamy, worked as a geriatric psychiatrist in Cincinnati.
Vivek Ramaswamy is an American entrepreneur and biotech investor.
Ramaswamy began his career in biotech investment banking at Qatalyst Partners, a boutique investment bank, where he worked on mergers and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical industry.
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In 2013, he left Qatalyst to become a partner at MPM Capital, a healthcare-focused venture capital firm.
At MPM, Ramaswamy led investments in biotech companies such as Arvinas, Kymera Therapeutics, and TCR2 Therapeutics.
In 2014, Ramaswamy founded Roivant Sciences, a biopharmaceutical company that aims to develop and commercialize innovative therapies for diseases with high unmet medical needs.
Roivant is organized as a “v-family” of subsidiary companies, each of which focuses on a specific therapeutic area or technology platform.
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