Akshata Murty is finding her feet Rishi Sunak is under fire from the British public. As his problems get worse, his wife, Akshata Murty, is ...
Akshata Murty is finding her feet
Rishi Sunak is under fire from the British public. As his problems get worse, his wife, Akshata Murty, is going from strength to strength - wowing the public with her style, hosting important charity events and making the cover of Tatler magazine by giving an intimate insight into No 10.
Opening the doors
The (extremely rich) First Lady of Britain is making No 10 more accessible, but that's a small speck on the mammoth list of achievements Murty has to offer. We take a look at her wealth, properties, home life, little-known habits, and surprising love story.
It was love
Akshata Murty met Rishi Sunak at Stanford University in the US. It seems there was an instant attraction as Sunak shared years later that there was ‘clearly something’ when the two met, according to ‘Hello’.
Pursued by the Brit
Murty had created such an impression on the young Sunak, that he even altered his class schedules just to be nearer her. Rishi had admitted to The Sunday Times that he adjusted his timetable ‘to be in a particular class’ and spend more time with his future wife and ‘sit next to each other’.
Not a bad first house
After getting her degree, Akshata Murty and her new beau resided in Santa Monica, California. Living in a beautiful penthouse apartment looking out over the ocean, she worked for Tendris for a while, but quit to start her own fashion label. It collapsed within three years and the couple headed to the UK.
Akshata Murty founded and invested in a number of companies
Rishi wanted a career in politics, starting the journey almost right away, but not before joining forces with his wife and starting up London-based Catamaran Ventures and dabbling with a gym chain and even Jamie Oliver’s Pizzeria. But Murty is seriously wealthy - and the majority of it comes from family.
Akshata’s father
The now 42-year-old is worth millions - hundreds of them. A sizeable amount of her wealth comes from a 0.9% stake in her father’s IT start-up Infosys. Her father, Narayana Murthy, is now one of the richest men in India and referred to as 'one of the 12 greatest businessmen of all time’.
A steady income
Despite having that wealth to ‘sit on’, Akshata Murty also received dividends from the share. This has amounted to approximately £ 54 million in the past seven and a half years alone.
Sunak and Murty’s combined wealth
According to the Sunday Times Rich List, the couple has built up a wealth of £730 million and Sunak is the first frontline politician to feature in those rankings since it started in 1989. The politician famously said in a BBC Radio 4 interview that he doesn’t ‘judge people by their bank account’.
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