Fellow California Republicans,
We have an amazing lineup of speakers confirmed for the CAGOP Fall 2023 Convention, and the list is growing! I’m happy to announce that Presidential candidate, Vivek Ramaswamy will join us as our keynote lunch speaker on Saturday, September 30th.
Mr. Ramaswamy is an American business leader and New York Times bestselling author of Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam, along with his second book, Nation of Victims: Identity Politics, the Death of Merit, and the Path Back to Excellence, and Capitalist Punishment: How Wall Street is Using Your Money to Create a Country You Didn’t Vote For.
Left-leaning media has called him one of the “intellectual godfathers of the anti-woke movement” (Politico) and the “right’s leading anti-ESG crusader” (Axios and Bloomberg). He was dubbed “The C.E.O. of Anti-Woke,” by The New Yorker. These movements are now popularized in mainstream conservative thought.
Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, he often recounts the sage advice from his father: “If you’re going to stand out, then you might as well be outstanding.” This set the course for his life: a nationally ranked tennis player and the valedictorian of his high school, St. Xavier. He went on to graduate summa cum laude in Biology from Harvard and received his J.D. from Yale Law School while working at a hedge fund. He then started a biotech company, Roivant Sciences, where he oversaw the development of five drugs that went on to become FDA-approved.
In 2022, he founded Strive, an Ohio-based asset management firm that directly competes with asset managers like BlackRock, State Street, Vanguard, and others, who use the money of everyday citizens to advance environmental and social agendas that many citizens and capital owners disagree with.
Mr. Ramaswamy is married to Apoorva, a throat surgeon and Assistant Professor at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. They live in Columbus, Ohio, where they are raising their two sons.
Buy your tickets for the Saturday lunch banquet before they sell out!
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If you have any questions, please email our Convention Team for assistance. See you in Anaheim!
Sincerely,
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Jessica Millan Patterson
Chairwoman, California Republican Party
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