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Who is Vivek Ramaswamy, Trump pick to lead efficiency department?

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Editor's note: This report was originally published on Oct. 15, 2023, after Vivek Ramaswamy announced a presidential run. He ended his campaign in January. President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he was picking the St. Xavier grad to oversee a newly formed Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, with Tesla and X CEO Elon Musk. Original report: If you met Vivek Ramaswamy two decades ago in Cincinnati, you might have caught a glimpse of the swagger that carried him to the presidential debate stage in the past month. Some have found the 38-year-old billionaire annoying. Others like his confidence. Those in his hometown who knew Ramaswamy as a teenage tennis player, classical pianist and model student fluent in French told The Enquirer the personality you've seen on television and in interviews, as well as his politics, formed in Ramaswamy at a young age. So his old friends and acquaintances were not shocked when Ramaswamy announced a run for president, though some though

POLITICS Smart, driven, a little 'arrogant': How Vivek Ramaswamy's Cincinnati roots shaped him Scott Wartman Cincinnati Enquirer Oct. 15, 2023 Updated Nov. 13, 2024, 8:20 a.m. ET Editor's note: This report was originally published on Oct. 15, 2023, after Vivek Ramaswamy announced a presidential run. He ended his campaign in January. President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he was picking the St. Xavier grad to oversee a newly formed Department of Government Efficiency , or DOGE, with Tesla and X CEO Elon Musk. Original report: If you met Vivek Ramaswamy two decades ago in Cincinnati

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