Why people recommend it
Woke, Inc. by Vivek Ramaswamy is a critical examination of how corporations adopt progressive social and political agendas to advance their interests. On Timcast IRL, Mark Ousley recommended the book, stating that it pieces together how companies inject themselves into governance. Clint Russell also discussed it on the same podcast, noting that it was one of the first books he read when diving into ESG, setting him on a journey to understand the financial landscape. On The Megyn Kelly Show, Bill Ackman shared that a draft of the book provided his first insight into corporate ideology. Megyn Kelly discussed the book with Vivek Ramaswamy during multiple episodes, exploring his background as an investor and questioning whether corporate executives had read it to change their approaches. Ramaswamy himself appeared on the show to explain how the themes of Woke, Inc. connected to his broader thesis about the merger of political agendas with corporate America.
Who recommended it
- Megyn Kelly Discussed
- Bill Ackman Discussed
- Mark Ousley Recommended
- Vivek Ramaswamy Discussed
Megyn Kelly — 2 mentions
“you know him um the author of woke Inc and a very successful uh investor”
“so there's not there's not going to be a change in their approach to well you know they're not gonna they didn't read woke Inc and change their minds”
Bill Ackman — 1 mention
“my first kind of uh Insight uh you know VC who was a friend of mine uh gave me a draft of his book woke Inc and uh and I read it and it really resonated with me”
Mark Ousley — 1 mention
“we talked about Trump and I I read vivek's book woke Inc go out and read that book because it really pieces it all together”
Vivek Ramaswamy — 1 mention
“so my basic thesis in the book is i actually pick up where i left off my last book woke inc which was about the curious merger of political and social agendas with corporate america's interests”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 2
“when I was first deep diving ESG when I had just started my show woke Inc by Vivek was one of the the first books I read on it that really like set me on this journey of understanding the High Finance like Marxist takeover of our economy”
“I read vivek's book woke Inc go out and read that book because it really pieces it all together”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
- Bad Blood
- Dark Alliance
- Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides' Trap?
- Lean In
- Nation of Victims
- Provoked
Other mentions (7: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I wrote Woke Inc. which actually was our first basis to get to know one another that first book and I've written this is my fourth book I've written in the last three years but this one's different in that it's not actually an academic exposition of any kind.”
“my first book is about a lot of this my second book is about a lot of this woke Inc nation of victims”
“I mean look I actually shared a stage with Ron DeSantis Juan said an event uh you know we both spoke I was on my Wok Inc book tour he was the main speaker of people came to hear him not me but I was also on that stage”
“but the most interesting thing that I think has happened this week is Vivek ramaswamy saying he might be all in I had I've interviewed him many times you know him um the author of woke Inc and a very successful uh investor he went to Yale Law School he's in his 30s um saying he might run”
“and I wrote a couple of books about it and now run another business thank you woke Inc”
“woke ink was my first one came out last last August”
“I mean this was the stuff of woke Inc I wrote a book about it a little over a year ago”