Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy speaks during the GOP State Convention, in Columbus, Ga. on June 8, 2023.
But Ramaswamy owns valuable investments in many companies that have embraced environmental, social and governance principles, known as ESG — the kinds of “woke” corporate practices he decries — according to a financial disclosure filed with the Federal Election Commission that was released Friday. Ramaswamy has argued that such goals are a distraction from earning a profit, and that social objectives should be left to elected officials.
Ramaswamy, a long-shot candidate who has said that he would go further than the Republican front-runner, former President Donald Trump, on conservative issues, has been unusually transparent about his wealth, earlier releasing 20 years of his tax returns.But until he filed his financial disclosure with election officials, there were few details.