It is a fact that Rishi Sunak will be the new prime minister of the United Kingdom after the resignation of Liz Trusswho was in office less than two months after succeeding Boris Johnson. The former Minister of Finance is married to one of the richest women in the country, the billionaire Akshata Murty. The next first lady has an estate that doubles the fortune of the late Queen isabel II he inherited to king charles iii.
Rishi Sunak has drawn international attention as the first non-white person of Indian descent to hold that position. He will also be Britain’s youngest leader in 200 years and, thanks to his wife’s wealth, is considered one of the wealthiest people to rise to the top of British politics.
Who Akshata Murty and how much is his fortune?
Akshata Murty42, is the daughter of billionaire N. R. Narayana Murthyone of the country’s most famous businessmen, reports the BBC. Four decades ago he founded infosysa technology services company with which he amassed so much money that they nicknamed him the ‘Indian Bill Gates’.
Mr. Murthy has a current fortune of 4,500 million dollarsaccording to data from Forbesand your company would be valued at about $100 billion.
Much of Akshata’s heritage stems from his 0.93% stake in Infosys, indicate company documents. Its shares are valued at $715 million and owns stakes in six other companies. Along with her husband, she has four luxurious properties in the UK and one in Santa Monica, California.
the british middle Sunday Times estimates that the couple, with two daughters, has a total wealth of 730 million pounds ($830 million).
This is almost double the equity that the king charles iii inherited from his mother, Queen isabel II. The same medium ensures that the monarch had about $420 million in personal assets, while Forbes estimates he had more than 500 million. In any case, the accounts of the heiress and businesswoman born in India far exceed that amount.
The businesswoman has been involved in tax scandals
The status of ‘super rich’ almost becomes a hindrance in Sunak’s political career. Many questioned whether he would be sympathetic to the British people during the current economic crisis. To reinforce doubts, Akshata Murty became the focus of attention for his tax situation last April.
It was learned that the businesswoman had registered a foreign address that allowed her legally avoid paying taxes on your foreign earnings. In other words, as the British treasury considered her a “non-resident” person in the United Kingdom, her income obtained from her outside the country was exempt from tax.
When the controversy erupted, Murty was quick to announce on Twitter that his foreign earnings would be taxed at United Kingdom. “I do it because I want to, not because the regulation forces me”, he expressed in the release. Finally, he admitted that his tax domicile should be London and paid back taxes.
Akshata Murty was not born in a golden cradle (she was bought later)
The billionaire was born in Hubbali, India, in 1980. When she was two months old, her parents left her in the care of her paternal grandparents in that city and returned to the capital, Mumbai (then Bombay), to continue advancing in their careers.
A year later, in 1981, Narayana Murthy co-founded Infosys, a telecommunications services consultancy. The company grew rapidly, making it one of the richest people in india.
His mother, Sudha Murty (both prefer to write the surname without the h), was a computer engineer and programmer, the first woman to work for the Indian automaker daddy. She also became a prolific author and promoted the construction of 60,000 libraries in her country. Today, some consider her “India’s favorite grandmother.”
At the age of 5, little Akshata joined her parents in Bombay, when the family’s economic situation was better. “Life has changed for us since then, and now there is money to spare. But you know that our lifestyle is still simple, ”wrote the now-tycoon in a letter to his daughter published in the 2013 book Legacyfrom the Indian journalist Sudha Mennon.
In 1998, the young heiress went to California, United States, to study Economics and French at the exclusive Claremont McKenna College. Later, she obtained a diploma from the Institute of Fashion, Design and Marketing of the Angels.
Later, Murty entered the Stanford University to study for a Master of Business Administration (MBA). There he met Rishi Sunak, a brilliant young British man from Southampton (southern England), who won a Fulbright scholarship to study at the prestigious institution. The couple married in 2009 in a Hindu ceremony in Bangalore and are the parents of two daughters, Krsna Y Anoushka.
The businesses and companies of Akshata Murty
The new British first lady started out as enterprising in 2010, by creating his own clothing brand, Akshata Designs. The firm launched its first collection in 2011, but the British newspaper Guardian reported that the business collapsed within three years.
In 2013, she and Sunak founded the London subsidiary of Catamaran Ventures, a venture capital company that invests in startups and was created by her father. Before becoming a deputy, the now Prime Minister of the United Kingdom transferred all his shares to his wife, he details The country.
Ms. Murty is also listed on the British Companies Register as Director of tell me fitness, a chain of high-end gyms. The company filed for insolvency in February 2022, following a plunge in revenue during the Covid-19 pandemic.
In your profile LinkedInindicates that she is the director of New & Lingwood, a manufacturer of fine clothing for men. It makes the uniforms tails of the students of the famous, exclusive and elitist Eton Collegewhere renowned politicians, artists and royals. In 2021, he received about 14 million euros in dividends for his participation in the company, the Spanish newspaper collects.
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