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Vivek Ramaswamy

Republican · Entrepreneur; 2024 candidate

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Wikipedia snapshot of Vivek Ramaswamy on 2026-08-30
Aug 30, 2026
2 edits by 2 editors
net +56c · 56c churn · biggest single: 56c
Top editors this week
  1. 1 edit — Formerlygopackgo009
  2. 1 edit — AriuCH
What changed

Based on the metadata alone (2 edits, net +56 characters, no content diff available), I can only say that the article gained a small amount of text — roughly 56 characters — across two edits. Without the content diff, I cannot identify which specific sections, factual claims, dates, names, or quoted material were added or changed.

Wikipedia snapshot of Vivek Ramaswamy on 2026-08-23
Aug 23, 2026
3 edits by 3 editors
net +26c · 26c churn · biggest single: 22c
Top editors this week
  1. 1 edit — Marquardtika
  2. 1 edit — MrsKoma
  3. 1 edit — CNMall41
What changed

The only factual change is in the introductory paragraph, where Ramaswamy's estimated net worth was updated from "$3 billion" to "$3.1 billion." The change is confined to a single figure in one sentence within the lead section, with no other content added or removed.

Wikipedia snapshot of Vivek Ramaswamy on 2026-08-16
Aug 16, 2026
8 edits by 3 editors (avg 2.7 per editor)
net +14c · 324c churn · biggest single: 155c
Top editors this week
  1. 6 edits — Synth Legend
  2. 1 edit — MrsKoma
  3. 1 edit — M.boli
What changed

The only factual change is in the introductory section: the month in which *Forbes* estimated Ramaswamy's net worth at $3 billion was changed from "August 2026" to "July 2026." No sections were added or removed, and no other text was altered.

Wikipedia snapshot of Vivek Ramaswamy on 2026-08-02
Aug 02, 2026
3 edits by 1 editor (avg 3.0 per editor)
net -918c · 918c churn · biggest single: 610c
What changed

The diff shows changes concentrated in the Early Life section. The text about Vivek Ramaswamy's parents' origins was modified, specifically the passage describing where his parents are from in relation to Palakkad district in Kerala. The net removal of 918 characters suggests that a substantial block of text, likely including additional biographical details or references, was deleted from this section.

Wikipedia snapshot of Vivek Ramaswamy on 2026-07-26
Jul 26, 2026
4 edits by 4 editors
net +222c · 458c churn · biggest single: 340c
Top editors this week
  1. 1 edit — Synth Legend
  2. 1 edit — ScottishFinnishRadish
  3. 1 edit — MrsKoma
  4. 1 edit — OwenX
Wikipedia snapshot of Vivek Ramaswamy on 2026-07-19
Jul 19, 2026
7 edits by 4 editors (avg 1.8 per editor)
net +230c · 230c churn · biggest single: 147c
Top editors this week
  1. 3 edits — Jevansen
  2. 2 edits — MrsKoma
  3. 1 edit — M.boli
  4. 1 edit — Day Creature
What changed

Three changes were made across the article. In the infobox, the spouse field was updated to add a wikilink connecting "Apoorva Tewari" to the article "Apoorva Ramaswamy." In the opening paragraph, a pronunciation guide for Ramaswamy's full name was added as an endnote immediately after his name. In the body text, "Strive Asset Management" was changed from plain text to a wikilink.

Wikipedia snapshot of Vivek Ramaswamy on 2026-07-12
Jul 12, 2026
1 edit by 1 editor
net +0c
What changed

The only change is in the introductory biographical paragraph: Forbes's estimated net worth figure was changed from $2.9 billion to $3 billion, and the associated date was changed from June 2026 to July 2026.

Wikipedia snapshot of Vivek Ramaswamy on 2026-07-05
Jul 05, 2026
2 edits by 2 editors
net +308c · 308c churn · biggest single: 308c
Top editors this week
  1. 1 edit — MrsKoma
  2. 1 edit — Tonkarooson
What changed

The only factual change is in the introductory section, where Ramaswamy's estimated net worth figure was changed from $2.9 billion to $2.8 billion. No sections were added or removed, and no other text was altered.

Wikipedia snapshot of Vivek Ramaswamy on 2026-06-28
Jun 28, 2026
4 edits by 2 editors (avg 2.0 per editor)
net +0c · 24c churn · biggest single: 12c
Top editors this week
  1. 3 edits — MrsKoma
  2. 1 edit — M.boli
What changed

The net worth figure was changed from $2.7 billion to $2.8 billion, and the associated date was changed from May 2026 to June 2026. These changes are confined to a single sentence in the introductory section.

Wikipedia snapshot of Vivek Ramaswamy on 2026-06-21
Jun 21, 2026
12 edits by 3 editors (avg 4.0 per editor)
net -453c · 625c churn · biggest single: 427c
Top editors this week
  1. 10 edits — Marquardtika
  2. 1 edit — PublicDomainFan08
  3. 1 edit — AnomieBOT
What changed

The infobox image was changed from "Vivek Ramaswamy (55241367373) (cropped).jpg" to "Vivek Ramaswamy 2026 (cropped).jpg." A sentence was removed from the lead section that described Ramaswamy as having "promoted numerous conspiracy theories and false statements" and noted that Roivant Social Ventures "was working in support of DEI and ESG." The changes are concentrated in the infobox and the lead section.

Wikipedia snapshot of Vivek Ramaswamy on 2026-06-14
Jun 14, 2026
125 edits by 38 editors (avg 3.3 per editor)
net +1174c · 11,840c churn · biggest single: 1241c
Top editors this week
  1. 27 edits — MrsKoma
  2. 15 edits — Wikieditor662
  3. 11 edits — AlphaVictorDelta0107
  4. 10 edits — RogerYg
  5. 7 edits — Sarah from Queens
What changed

The infobox image was changed from "Vivek Ramaswamy 2025.jpg" with caption "Ramaswamy in 2025" to "Vivek Ramaswamy 2026 (cropped).jpg" with caption "Ramaswamy in 2026." The children count in the infobox was changed from 3 to 2, and the infobox field name "political_party" was changed to "party." A comment tag about not adding citations to the lead was removed from the template header area.

Wikipedia snapshot of Vivek Ramaswamy on 2026-06-07
Jun 07, 2026
499+ edits by 178 editors (avg 2.8 per editor)
net +40091c · 103,421c churn · biggest single: 14746c
Top editors this week
  1. 101 edits — RogerYg
  2. 17 edits — M.boli
  3. 14 edits — Ser!
  4. 13 edits — MagicatthemovieS
  5. 12 edits — AlsoWukai
⚠ edit cap hit — count may be higher
What changed

The infobox was updated to replace a 2023 photo with a 2025 photo, change the caption from "Ramaswamy in 2023" to "Ramaswamy in 2025," and swap the homepage URL from vivek2024.com to vivekforohio.com. The short description was changed from "American presidential candidate and businessman" to "American entrepreneur and politician (born 1985)," and the opening sentence was similarly updated to describe him as "an American entrepreneur and politician" rather than a presidential candidate. The `title` and `occupation` infobox fields were reorganized, with "Co-founder of Strive Asset Management" added as a title field.

Wikipedia snapshot of Vivek Ramaswamy on 2026-05-31
May 31, 2026
499+ edits by 158 editors (avg 3.2 per editor)
net +10647c · 192,175c churn · biggest single: 10778c
Top editors this week
  1. 62 edits — Neutrality
  2. 28 edits — AlsoWukai
  3. 26 edits — Treybien2
  4. 18 edits — Ageofultron
  5. 17 edits — HiResolutionEdits
⚠ edit cap hit — count may be higher
What changed

The infobox was updated to add a birth name field ("Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy"), change the title field from "Co-founder of Strive Asset Management" to "Co-founder and Executive Chairman, Strive Asset Management," add "political candidate" to the occupation list, and change the spouse field from plain text to a Marriage template with a 2015 date. The short description was changed from "American presidential candidate and businessman" to "American presidential candidate, businessman and activist (born 1985)." In the opening paragraph, the full name was changed from "Vivek G. Ramaswamy" to "Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy," the IPA pronunciation was slightly altered, and the description was reworded from "a candidate in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries" to "an entrepreneur and presidential candidate" with additional detail about founding Roivant Sciences in 2014 added directly to the lead.

Wikipedia snapshot of Vivek Ramaswamy on 2026-05-24
May 24, 2026
499+ edits by 136 editors (avg 3.7 per editor)
net +51912c · 125,982c churn · biggest single: 14961c
Top editors this week
  1. 157 edits — Neutrality
  2. 80 edits — RogerYg
  3. 37 edits — AlsoWukai
  4. 9 edits — Anythingyouwant
  5. 7 edits — 2600:4040:A302:2F00:386F:8D2B:225F:7C3
⚠ edit cap hit — count may be higher
What changed

The infobox image was changed from "Vivek Ramaswamy.jpg" with a 2022 caption to "Vivek Ramaswamy by Gage Skidmore.jpg" with a 2023 caption, and the birth place formatting changed from "Cincinnati, Ohio" to "Cincinnati, Ohio." The pronunciation of his first name was changed from using the ɛ symbol to the eɪ symbol, and his full name "Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy" was shortened to "Vivek G. Ramaswamy" with an added reference tag. The introductory paragraph was rewritten: the newer version adds detail about his educational background (Harvard biology degree, Yale Law J.D.) and the founding year of Roivant Sciences, while removing specific mentions of his opposition to stakeholder theory, Big Tech censorship, and critical race theory, and removing the description of him as an "anti-woke" activist; a merger proposal template was also added at the top.

Wikipedia snapshot of Vivek Ramaswamy on 2026-05-17
May 17, 2026
499+ edits by 189 editors (avg 2.6 per editor)
net +8988c · 101,454c churn · biggest single: 7679c
Top editors this week
  1. 68 edits — Jhofferman
  2. 38 edits — TulsaPoliticsFan
  3. 20 edits — David O. Johnson
  4. 20 edits — Woko Sapien
  5. 18 edits — AndyTheGrump
⚠ edit cap hit — count may be higher
What changed

The infobox was updated to add his full middle name "Ganapathy," change his photo, add a pronunciation guide, update his title to include "Co-founder and Executive Chairman, Strive Asset Management," and change the spouse field from "Apoorva Ramaswamy" to "Apoorva Tewari" while adding a second child. The short description was changed from "American entrepreneur" to "American presidential candidate, businessman and activist (born 1985)," and several maintenance tags were added including a POV tag, a merge proposal tag, and a Use mdy dates tag. The opening paragraph was rewritten to add his candidacy in the 2024 Republican presidential primaries, include the founding year of Roivant Sciences (2014), and expand the description of his commentary topics, while removing the specific mention of his book *Woke, Inc.* and the founding of Strive Asset Management from the lead.

Wikipedia snapshot of Vivek Ramaswamy on 2026-05-11
May 11, 2026
99 edits by 45 editors (avg 2.2 per editor)
net +4039c
What changed

The article about Vivek Ramaswamy gained a new section about his personal life and education, including details about his birthplace, education history, and current net worth. The existing text about his career, companies he founded, and his book was expanded and rephrased to include more details about his political commentary and views on topics like stakeholder capitalism, big tech censorship, and critical race theory.