What's Next For Roivant? It's Not More Publicly Traded "Vants"
Executive Summary
Roivant is focused on expanding its existing subsidiaries, building new ones and appointing top leadership teams to run them, but founder and CEO Vivek Ramaswamy has put a hold on more IPOs.
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