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Billionaire Elon Musk recently praised Indian-origin US Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy as 'very promising'.

"He is a very promising candidate," Musk tweeted.

Vivek Ramaswamy is set to contest against Donald Trump in Republican primaries for the upcoming Presidental Polls in the USA.

Born in 1985, Vivek Ramaswamy is an American pharmaceutical executive, hedge fund manager, lobbyist, and entrepreneur.

He is a very promising candidate https://t.co/bEQU8L21nd — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 17, 2023

Ramaswamy was born in Cincinnati to Indian immigrant parents. He graduated from Harvard College with a bachelor's degree in biology and later earned a J.D. from Yale Law School.

Ramaswamy worked as an investment partner at a hedge fund before founding a biotech company, Roivant Sciences, in 2014.

He stepped down as CEO of Roivant in 2021, but remained its chairman until 2023.

In 2022, Ramaswamy co-founded Strive Asset Management, an investment firm that positions itself in opposition to environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG).