The pragmatism that Mr. Ramaswamy values also means that Asian Americans are overrepresented in STEM-related fields but ...

Once Musk and Ramaswamy step into their roles, they'll have to answer for commitments they've made, such as firing employees and deleting departments.

Ramaswamy criticized American culture for celebrating a sitcom character and not valuing studying and hard work, but that character scored a 1502 on the SATs.