Akshata Murthy, 42, the wife of Rishi Sunak, is a natural first lady as her husband becomes the new Conservative leader and the 57th prime minister of the United Kingdom, and will move with her husband to 10 Downing Street this weekend to become the hostess here.
Between 2010 and 2016, Samantha Cameron, wife of Prime Minister David Cameron, the wife of Prime Minister David Cameron, made headlines several times for her inheritance of enormous wealth. However, according to the British "Daily Mail" local time reported on October 24, the new first lady Akshata is much richer than Mrs. Cameron, and she and her husband jointly own a wealth of 730 million pounds (about 6 billion yuan), "richer than the king."
Akshata and Rishi Sunak will be the first Hindu couple to occupy the prime minister's residence.
The growth history of Akshata
Akshata is a billionaire heiress whose father is Indian IT tycoon Narayana Murthy, who owns Bangalore-based IT company Infosys, known as India's Bill Gates, and her mother, Sudha, is the first female engineer at TELCO, India's largest automaker.
Raised under the care of her grandparents because her parents were busy with their careers, Akshata and her younger brother grew up focusing on fashion, but her mother rebuked her and said she should devote herself more to her studies.
After completing primary and secondary school in India, Akshata moved to the United States, earning degrees in economics and French from McCann College in Claremont, California, and studying at the Los Angeles Institute of Fashion Design and Marketing.
Later, Akshata went to Stanford University to pursue an MBA, at a time when Rishi Sunak was also studying here on a Fulbright scholarship, and Rishi later admitted that things were a little different when he first met Akshata.
Four years later, in 2009, Rishi Sunak and Akshata held a grand wedding in Bangalore, India, attended by 1,000 people, and for the next four years, they settled in India.
Akshata has been in fashion since graduation, founding her own firm, Akshata Designs, in 2007, which she says focuses on the stories behind specific garments and on cultures related to India, especially art in remote areas. "I'm focused on doing something for India, and that comes from our family's DNA."
Akshata's fashion career wasn't successful, but she was extremely successful in investing.
The story of Akshata's fortune
(Akshata and her parents-in-law)
The wealthy couple now live in a £7 million (57.8 million yuan) townhouse in Kensington, just one of the properties they own in different countries.
Although Akshata is not a politician, due to Sunak's previous status as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Akshata has also come under public scrutiny, with the public questioning her status as a non-resident taxpayer – she has wealth in many countries but does not pay taxes in the UK on income in other countries, Akshata issued a statement in response, saying that she appreciates the justice of the British people and in order to support her husband, she will pay taxes in the UK on all her global income in the future, but this is not what she should do, but she is willing to do it.
Akshata's marriage with Rishi Sunak "Secret"
Rishi spoke in a rare interview with The Times in August about his marriage and his wife.
Rishi says he and Akshata are two very different people. For example, in terms of housework, he is neat and tidy, while his wife is messy; He was organized, but his wife followed the feelings, "She wouldn't love me more because I said that, but to be honest, she wasn't much interested in tidying up." She was a complete nightmare, her clothes were everywhere in the house... Shoe...... Oh God, shoes everywhere. ”
Despite Rishi's assessment of his wife, many British women envy Akshata's wardrobe, and she has her own fashion vision, wearing the new Gucci sneakers for £1,630 (about 14,000 yuan) and a high-street dress for £165 (about 1,400 yuan) to accompany her husband to the campaign.
SOURCE: DAILYMAIL, BING
Editor: Zhang Xiao