Vivek Ramaswamy: the ‘millennial tech bro’ running for president

Anti-woke ‘demagogue’ is picking up steam in the race for the Republican nomination

Vivek Ramaswamy at the first Republican Party debate in August 2023
Many declared Ramaswamy the winner of the first Republican primary debate
(Image credit: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The multimillionaire former biotech executive Vivek Ramaswamy took centre stage at the first Republican debate last week as he bids to win his party’s 2024 presidential nomination.

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Keumars Afifi-Sabet is a freelance writer at The Week Digital, and is the technology editor on Live Science, another Future Publishing brand. He was previously features editor with ITPro, where he commissioned and published in-depth articles around a variety of areas including AI, cloud computing and cybersecurity. As a writer, he specialises in technology and current affairs. In addition to The Week Digital, he contributes to Computeractive and TechRadar, among other publications.