Dozens of husbands, prime ministers and first ladies/first gentlemen passed the door of No. 10 Downing Street. However, the couple who will be moving there today are the richest at No. 10. And the reason for that Rishi Sunak and his bubbly wife Akshata Murthy.
While Samantha Cameron, wife of former Prime Minister David Cameron and first lady of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016, made headlines during her husband’s tenure of the vast fortune she inherited, the billionaire heiress Akshata Marthi 42 years oldRishi’s wife, is even richer than King Charles (who He will meet Sunak this morning) due to her stake in her father’s IT empire, which is estimated to be worth around £430 million.
Your age, wife and daughters will also be at the fore Hindus Tenants No. 10.
Rishi Sunak’s wife is an heiress to an untold fortune
The Billionaire heir and first lady of Britain She is now the daughter of Indian businessman Narayana Murthy, who owns Infosys in Bangalore.
But Rishi Sunak did not hold back. He’s also brilliant and their joint fortune as a couple is estimated at £730 million, as revealed on the Sunday Times Rich List in May.
Akshata, a former fashion designer, and her brother Rohan were largely raised by their grandparents, while their father and ambitious father were both in engineering and science, according to Tatler.
Sonak’s father-in-law dedicated himself to Infosys and built his empire while Akshata’s mother, Sudha, became the first female engineer to work for Telco, India’s largest automobile company.
After completing school, Ms. Sunak moved to the United States where she completed her studies in Economics and French at Claremont McKenna College in California, Fashion Design and Selling in Los Angeles.
Then she went to Stanford University for her MBA, where she met her husband, Rishi Sunak, who was studying at the best college with a scholarship.
Bollywood style wedding in India with Sunak and moving to London
Four years later, in 2009, they married in a lavish ceremony in Bengaluru, India, the city in which they lived for the next four years.
During their early years together, Akshata pursued a career in fashion and founded her own company in 2007, Akshata Designs. However, her business venture was not successful and collapsed after only three years.
Britain’s first lady owns stakes in family businesses – including the family empire, Infosys, and others she co-founded with her husband, Catamaran Ventures UK. She is also associated with Jamie Oliver’s Pizzeria business and Etonian tailor, New & Lingwood.
Rishi Sunak and his wife moved to the UK in 2013. In 2015, Sunak was elected as a Member of Parliament.
The couple now live in a £7 million mansion in Kensington with their daughters and Kensington Palace is one of several properties they own.
They also own a £1m flat in Kensington and a £2m mansion in the Yorkshire borough of Rishi Sunak, where they are nicknamed the ‘Maharaja of Dales’.
They also own a £5.5 million penthouse in California, overlooking the Santa Monica Pier, which they enjoy on vacation.
When wife Sunak was caught evading taxes
Although not an elected politician, Akshata has come under public scrutiny on more than one occasion – regarding both her wealth and her choices…
A few months ago it made headlines for the “non-domestic” tax system, a legal way to avoid paying taxes in Britain on income from abroad. This scheme is often used by the super-rich to save thousands or even millions of pounds in taxes.
It is believed that most of Akshata’s fortune comes from Infosys, which is based in Bangalore.
In the wake of the non-domestic revelations, the couple faced a backlash – which eventually led to Akshata relinquishing her non-domestic status and pledging to pay UK tax on her income from businesses located in other UK countries.
Aside from her tax issues, wife Sunak has also caused quite a stir with her wardrobe, occasionally appearing in clothes worth thousands of pounds.
In December 2020, the heiress stepped out wearing a £445 pair of Gucci shoes, a £1,630 REDValentino leather coat and over £1,000 leather skirt on a date with her husband in luxury Mayfair.
However, during Richie’s first campaign for the Conservative leadership in the summer of 2022 – in which he lost to Liz Truss – his wife featured more stereotypical choices.
“Hipster-friendly coffee fanatic. Subtly charming bacon advocate. Friend of animals everywhere.”
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