Desi Twitter went nuts when the United Kindom got its first Indian-origin Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak. Incidentally, the 42-year-old politician is also the first person of colour to occupy this seat in the UK.
Apart from his family tree, his past, and his relationship with India, people are also talking about his fashion designer wife Akshata Murty who is an Indian citizen. The girl from namma Bengaluru, Akshata, the new first lady of the UK has a rich background and has a fortune of 690 million dollars.
And as her surname suggests, she has very close ties with business tycoon and the founder of the Indian multi-national IT company ‘Infosys’ N. R. Narayana Murty. Akshata Murty is the daughter of Sudha Murty and N. R. Narayana Murty and was born in Hubli, Karnataka.
Murty comes from a family of wealth and reportedly has a £ 700 million pound stake in Infosys, a company her parents founded.#RishiSunak and #AkshataMurty’s combined net worth is £730 million, which is reportedly more than the head of the British monarchy #KingCharlesIII. pic.twitter.com/BDTnqrYrQ4
— Business Insider India🇮🇳 (@BiIndia) October 26, 2022
The love story of Akshata and Rishi dates back to when she was pursuing her post-graduation at Stanford University. She then fell head over heels for Sunak who was a Fulbright Scholar with a first-class degree from Oxford University.
#AkshataMurty attended high school in Bangalore and studied at Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Los Angeles. She also has a Masters degree in business administration from Stanford University. This is where she met Sunak and got married to him in Bangalore in 2009. pic.twitter.com/ZF8m4uElPv
— Business Insider India🇮🇳 (@BiIndia) October 26, 2022
Soon they decided to tie the knot in 2009 in a simple ceremony in Bangalore. The duo now has two daughters, Anoushka and Krishna.
Rishi Sunak is the new Prime Minister of Great Britain and Akshata Murty is his wife. 42-year-old, well-educated, business woman has a fortune of 690 million dollars. Her father, Narayana Murthy, is the head of the powerful Infosys concern, with a net worth of $ 4.5 billion. pic.twitter.com/qFwahR69NA
— JanHenSob (@hen_sob) October 24, 2022
The businesswoman reportedly owns her brand ‘Akshata designs’ and was also featured in Vogue India magazine. Since Akshata is our girl, that makes Rishi, the new PM of the UK our damaad.
So basically, India’s son-in-law is currently seated on the highest chair of the country that once ruled over us. What an irony!