A bunch of Silicon Valley bosses are hosting a fundraiser dinner for Vivek Ramaswamy, the Indian-American Republican presidential candidate in the US elections, next Friday. The “intimate dinner and discussion” with Ramaswamy will be held at the home of investor and CEO of Social Capital Chamath Palihapitiya San Francisco Bay Area.
The event is charged at a base price of $50,000, according to an invite that was shared by journalist Teddy Schleifer of Puck.
The other hosts, according to the invite, are venture capitalist David Sacks, Brad Gerstner of Altimeter Capital and top crypto investors Matt Huang and Katie Haun.
The popularity of Vivek Ramaswamy, 38, has been on the rise since his performance at the first Republican presidential primary debate last month.
Recently, he criticised the popular H-1B visa programme, saying the current "lottery" system needs to be "gutted" and replaced with a "meritocratic" skill-based immigration scheme to match the needs of the US.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ramaswamy is the son of Indian immigrants - his father a General Electric engineer and his mother a geriatric psychiatrist. His parents migrated to the United States over 40 years ago.
Ramaswamy attended Harvard and Yale universities and is worth reportedly in excess of $500 million, enough to seed his campaign through the key early states.
His last visit to India was in 2015, soon after he got married. He stayed for around two weeks, visiting various temples in Kerala.
Before he announced his presidential election bid, Ramaswamy was dubbed by the New Yorker magazine as the “CEO of Anti-Woke Inc”.
Ramaswamy said if he is elected president of the United States in November 2024, his policy of declaring independence from China will have four elements. This includes declaring "independence from the climate change agenda" that Ramaswamy described as a "farce" and "hoax".
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