Possible 2024 presidential candidate discusses ESG in Iowa (2023)
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Politico reported February 13 that Vivek Ramaswamy—author of the bestselling book “Woke, Inc.” and co-founder of the Columbus, Ohio-based Strive Asset Management—may be considering a run for president:
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DES MOINES, Iowa — At 37 years old, Vivek Ramaswamy has made hundreds of millions of dollars, written a New York Times bestseller and become a fixture on Tucker Carlson’s show. Recently, he was dubbed by the New Yorker as the “CEO of Anti-Woke Inc.” But on a chilly Monday evening last month, Ramaswamy found himself in a place far from the Fox News green rooms and high-powered corporate board rooms he’s used to. He was at a dinner event in Iowa, addressing a crowd of dozens of the state’s agricultural royalty tucked inside a huge upscale barn with exposed wood beams and the heads of elk and bison mounted on the walls…. Ramaswamy was there to do what people with ambition, a thirst for the spotlight and an overflowing sense of self-confidence occasionally go to Iowa to do. He is exploring a run for president, testing, among other things, whether his warnings about the dangers of “wokeism” and socially-responsible investing — in business vernacular what’s called environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing — has political currency with Republican politicians, business leaders and, yes, farmers. Ramaswamy has a theory for how this will all go. He wants to pull off what Donald Trump did in 2016: enter the race with an entrepreneurial spirit, unorthodox ideas, and few expectations, and end up developing a major following that will carry him to the presidency — even if it seems like a long shot at the moment.[1] |
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Ramaswamy, who bills his firm as a post-ESG asset manager (rather than anti-ESG), confirmed Politico’s speculation to Fox News Digital:
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Ramaswamy has been making the rounds in Iowa, delivering a message against the invasion of woke liberal ideology in the business world, according to a new Politico report. He has also appeared in New Hampshire – with plans to return to the home of the nation's first primary later this month – and has been assembling a team of GOP operatives and former campaign advisers. "Yes, I am strongly considering it," Ramaswamy confirmed to Fox News Digital. So far, he seems confident in his chances of success.[1] |
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