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Xavier High School in suburban Cincin- nati, just launched his campaign to run for president in 2024. the third Re- publican to enter the race. For the past two years, Ramaswamy, 37, has become a regular sight on social media and cable news, often attacking what he sees as culture. He wrote two books about it, in 2021 fol- lowed by Nation of in 2022. He grew up in the Cin- cinnati suburb of Even- dale and currently re- sides in Columbus.

His father was an engineer and patent attorney for General Electric, whose aviation busi- ness was headquartered in Evendale. His mother is a geriatric psychiatrist, according to a December New Yorker Here are six things you might not know about his early years. Da Vek, the libertarian rapper Before Ramaswamy the presidential candidate, there was a liber- tarian rapper at Harvard University. While at Harvard, from which Ramas- wamy graduated in 2007 with a biology degree, his alter ego would sometimes emerge. Da Vek would dress all in black, in- cluding a black Kangol hat, the Harvard Crimson reported in 2006, and drop lib- ertarian rhymes.

Da Vek leave a recorded legacy online, or at least one very visible. A New Yorker in December described Da reper- toire as Eminem covers and free-market-themed rap Da Vek told the Harvard Crimson in 2006 that was his theme song. only get one the lyrics repeat. And Da Vek may or may not have opened for rapper Busta Rhymes at Har- vard. The Crimson said he showed his at Busta concert.

Harvard Magazine said he au- ditioned but get the part. Conservative politics goes back to college Politics has been part of Ramaswa- life at least since college. He chaired the Harvard Political Union a devoted libertarian in a de- cidedly liberal student Harvard Magazine wrote about him in a 2007 A the Harvard Crimson described him in 2006. He displayed his penchant for politi- cal polemics in an editorial he penned in the Crimson, slamming a campaign to raise worker wages at Harvard. He ar- gued the tied with their the notions of monetary and human worth have been linked be it in the minds of students, workers, or liv- ing-wage advocates the consequence is Ramaswamy wrote in the 2005 editorial.

Ramaswamy made a fortune in pharmaceuticals and biotech After Harvard and Yale Law School he graduated with now Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance Ramaswamy led a successful career in the pharmaceutical and bio- tech He founded the pharmaceu- tical research company Roivant Sci- ences in 2014. Roivant Sciences struck a deal in 2021 that valued the company at $7.3 billion, according to Forbes.com. Roivant Sciences has corporate in New York, Boston and Basel, Switzer- land.

Forbes estimated net worth as $600 million in 2016. Standout tennis player and student As a local student in the Cincinnati region, where he attended Princeton Ju- nior High and St. Xavier High School, name appeared fre- quently in the newspaper. He was a standout tennis player and part of a top- ranked St. Xavier Bombers tennis team.

Bombers are blessed with two outstanding freshman, Vivek Ramas- wamy and Neil Seghal, both capable of breaking in the starting The En- quirer reported in 2000 for a preview of the high school tennis season for the Je- suit school in Township. Language buff, opera singer, radio broadcaster He also got his name in the paper for numerous scholarships and awards. recognized for good grades is nothing new to Vivek Ramaswamy, a St. Xavier senior who wants to become a wrote The Enquirer in 2002 when Ramaswamy was one of 11 recipi- ents of the Cincinnati Youth Collabora- tive Golden Galaxy Award. At Princeton Junior High in 1999, he placed sixth out of 22,150 students across the country in the National French Contest.

In 2003, he was one of 50 seniors in the country to receive a $20,000 Coca-Cola Scholars Founda- tion scholarship. Ramaswamy founded St. India Association and edited and read news for a Indian radio station at the time, The Enquirer reported in 2003. He also led the French Club. Class valedictorian nine-minute valedic- torian speech at his 2003 St.

Xavier graduation, which is posted online, shows he already had honed his public speaking skills. He spoke of his initial awkwardness as a Hindu student in a Catholic school going to a mass for the time and seeing students up and standing, sitting and standing down at all the wrong He then talked about the religion classes he took at St. X. remember emerging from St. with a personal faith that was neither Catholic nor strictly Hindu, but was something I could call my Meet St.

grad now running for president Scott Wartman Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK Vivek Ramaswamy pictured in The Enquirer in 1997. The caption reads, Vivek Ramaswamy makes his debut as an opera singer performing Life Is ENQUIRER FILE Vivek Ramaswamy pictured in 2003 in The Enquirer with Ryan Fischer, left, of Holmes High School, when the two won $20,000 scholarships from Coca-Cola. ENQUIRER FILE Ramaswamy The Covington City Commission last week opted not to vote on a proposed or- dinance amendment that would add a one-year licensure ban as a possible penalty for property owners operating illegal short-term rentals. Instead, commissioners will hold a vote during its next legislative meeting on March 14. The delayed vote came in response to the city wanting to make a change to the placement within the or- dinance.

If adopted, the amendment will add a new penalty for landlords who advertise their properties on platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo without the proper ap- provals. It would ban these property owners from applying for a short-term rental license for one year from the date they received a violation notice from the city. Covington established its short-term rental regulations in late 2020. The cur- rent process requires property owners to secure a business license and an an- nual short-term rental dwelling license, as well as obtain conditional-use zoning approval. The city placed a six-month pause on short-term rental licensure in December to allow the city time to reexamine its regulations and devise solutions to what say are the im- of short-term rentals.

Chief among concerns over the proliferation of short-term rentals is reduced availability of able housing, residential neighbor- hoods transforming into commercial lodging areas and increased complaints about parking and also say the process for granting zoning permits is lengthy and a crush of short-term rental proper- ties threatens to overwhelm the board responsible for doling out those approv- als. Some short-term rental operators have criticized the recent enforce- ment push as being unfair and overly punitive. Those who spoke at Tuesday meeting asked commissioners to collaborate with them as the city crafts its updated regulation scheme. truly feel shut Chris Hikel, founder and general manager of Liberty Hill Rentals, said to commissioners. Hikel said three short-term rental units at a 14-unit property in Covington managed by Liberty Hill subsidized housing for six elderly residents, allow- ing them to pay $600 per month on av- erage.

With those short-term rentals gone, those tenants may end up paying an additional $200 to $300 per month, he added. Covington Mayor Joe Meyer said out- reach to unlicensed short-term rental operators has been unsuc- Only 43 short-term rental licenses have been issued since the regula- tions went into say. A software company hired by Covington has found over 400 units advertised on vacation rental platforms such as Airbnb and Vrbo, with 251 unique own- ers. regret we had to do a moratorium but everything else we tried Meyer said during Tuesday meeting. the end of the day, we want people to (have) successful businesses, but we also want you to play by the The city is expected to hold several public hearings to allow for input on the short-term rental regulation changes.

Covington delays vote on short-term rental change Quinlan Bentley Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK Covington commissioners postponed a vote on a proposed licensure ban for property owners who advertise their properties as short-term rentals without proper approvals from the city. ENQUIRER FILE PHOTO.