Rishi Sunak’s arrival at the highest political position in Britain has the added benefit of seeing the crisis the country is currently going through, which in the space of three months saw the resignation of two prime ministers, Sunak’s predecessor – Liz Truss – not even two months away. Despite this complicated social situation, Sunak became the second son of immigrants to access high-level political positions; the first is Sadiq Kahn, mayor of London, whose parents are expatriates from Pakistan. In Sunak’s case, hers is from India, but in England her father works as a general practitioner, and her mother is in charge of a pharmacy. It was his turn to make economic improvements that came after studying on a scholarship at Stanford University: he entered the world of finance and from there, in 2015, he plunged into politics. But what made him position himself as prime minister with greater wealth than King Charles III was the amount of money he had with his wife, Akshata Murthy. He owns $715 million, mainly because he owns a percentage stake in his father’s company; Rishi Sunak, 95 million. That is, Sunak has 810 million; King Carlos III, 500 million.

With in-laws like that… Rishi Sunak has a mother-in-law and father-in-law who, moreover, exceed his current fame as Prime Minister of the UK. Narayana Murthy, now 76 years old, is ranked 654th in the world on the current Forbes list of millionaires, and in India, she is ranked 41st among the richest Indians. And because of the technological developments of his company, Infosys, some call him “The Bill Gates” of India, although his personal wealth is far from America’s, Narayana is 4.5 billion dollars according to the 2022 report of the economic publication. .

Also, the life story of Sunak’s mother-in-law is well known in India. Sudha Murthy – some write her last name without the letter “h” – is an engineer and studied at a university where she was the only woman in the class and after she graduated, she managed to enter a major automaker in her country which, until her arrival, did not exist. female engineer on his staff. At the age of 45, Sudha joined her husband’s already important company to produce projects in rural areas of India, especially those related to health, education and culture. In addition, he is the author of about 24 books and in 2015 he acted in films based on one of them. According to several media outlets investigating Sunak’s in-laws, her mother-in-law is considered the best-selling female author in India.

He is the boss. Akshata Murthy is 42 years old and has only one brother, Rohan, 39. Until the age of 5, they lived with their paternal grandmother as their parents settled in Bombay to work towards improving the economy, which they eventually achieved.

Akshata studied Economics and French at Claremont McKenna College, in California; then he went on to the Institute of Fashion, Design and Marketing in Los Angeles, and completed his MBA, Business Administration, at Stanford University, where he met Rishi Sunak, who was studying there on a scholarship.

Akshata owns a fashion brand that lasts for two years, she owns other important businesses and with her husband she shares ownership of an investment company; with Sunak’s entry into politics, he gave him his stake. He came into the public eye when it was discovered that, living in London, he was not taxed in the UK because he declared his “tax domicile” in India. Sunak had to report that he had changed.