The Richest Indian American in Ohio

His father came from a village in Palakkad and never became an American citizen. Now his son, worth $2.3 billion, wants to run Ohio. This is the story of Vivek Ramaswamy, the richest Indian in Ohio. A Tamil-speaking Palakkad Iyer family, a GE engineer father and a psychiatrist mother in Cincinnati, Harvard, Wall Street, and a company built on medicines big pharma had given up on. His first big bet, a $5 million Alzheimer's drug, failed and wiped out most of its value in one day. So how did he get rich from a drug that failed? This is not a political video. It's the money story. Chapters 0:00 Could he run Ohio? 1:34 Palakkad, Kerala: where it starts 3:45 The father who never became a citizen 4:13 Growing up in Ohio 6:07 Harvard, and a rapper called Da Vek 7:01 Wall Street and the shelf of forgotten drugs 8:11 Roivant: buying what big pharma gave up 9:26 A $5 million Alzheimer's bet 10:49 One day, most of the value gone 11:43 How Roivant survived the crash 12:48 Books, bitcoin and a new company 13:52 Running for President 15:21 The H-1B post that started a fight 16:06 "No American is more American" 16:46 Running for Governor of Ohio 18:02 Where the money comes from 19:51 Home in Columbus 20:52 How to get rich from a drug that failed Net worth figures are from Forbes (September 2026). We don't take political sides; you decide. Sources: Forbes; Roivant and Axovant SEC filings; The Harvard Crimson; NBC News; Fox News; Signal Ohio; Ohio Secretary of State; Roche, Sumitomo and FDA announcements. America's Richest Indians: business documentaries on the Indians who built the biggest fortunes in America. The wealth, the risks and the mindset behind them. New episodes every week. #Desi #BillionaireMindset #BusinessDocumentary #NRI #IndianAmerican #Entrepreneurship #WealthDocumentary #CorporateAmerica #VivekRamaswamy