Vivek Ramaswamy is a Republican presidential candidate and businessman. He founded pharmaceutical company Roivant Sciences in 2014, and asset management firm Strive in 2022. Vivek also has hedge fund experience and is a bestselling author. He graduated summa cum laude in Biology from Harvard and received his J.D. from Yale Law School.

In this episode we discuss:

-Vivek's origin story and early influences
-Career path and rise to wealth in biotech
-Why Vivek says Wall Street has seized control of the U.S. economy (theme of his book Capitalist Punishment)
-The rise of wealth concentration, corporatism and the decline of the American Dream
-The promise of Bitcoin
-Bitcoin ETFs and Wall Street adoption
-A plan to pardon Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, Ross Ulbricht as well as former -President Donald Trump
-Bipartisanship and uniting the country

Follow Vivek on X/Twitter at https://twitter.com/VivekGRamaswamy

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IN THIS EPISODE:

0:00 Born & raised in Ohio, parents from India
3:00 Early relationship with money
7:02 Advice from dad
9:11 Hedge fund experience
17:41 Bitcoin 2024 promo
18:22 Coinkite ColdCard Wallet promo
18:50 CrowdHealth promo
19:38 "Capitalist Punishment" views on capitalism
27:37 Distorted, crony capitalism
36:21 OneGold promo
36:57 Fold app & debit card promo
37:29 Orange Pill App promo
38:03 How would Vivek change the system?
40:44 Vivek's views on Bitcoin
43:00 Government should leave Bitcoin alone
46:06 BlackRock Bitcoin Spot ETF
47:29 Democrats and Republicans strengths and weaknesses
52:10 Will pardon Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, Donald Trump
55:37 Would not bailout banks

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