Who is Rishi Sunak?
Rishi Sunak is an Indian-origin British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 25 October 2022. He is also Leader of the Conservative Party since 24 October 2022. Sunak served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2020 to 2022 and Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2019 to 2020, and he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond (Yorks) since 2015.
Profile Summary
| Date of Birth | 12th May 1980 |
| Marital Status | Married with 2 Children |
| Gender | Male |
| Net worth | £730 million |
| Place of Birth | Southampton, Hampshire |
| Nationality | Indian, British |
| Occupation | British Politician |
| Height | 5 feet 7 inches |
Rishi Sunak’s Early Life
Mr. Rishi Russell Sunak was born in Southampton in 1980 to Indian parents who had emigrated from East Africa. His father was a GP and his mother ran her pharmacy.
He is 41 years old with a Hinduism religion
After being educated at a private boarding school, Winchester College – and working as a waiter at a curry house in Southampton during his summer holidays – he studied politics, philosophy, and economics at Oxford University, achieving a first-class degree. He later gained a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) at Stanford University in California, where he met Ms. Murty.
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Rishi Sunak is 5 feet and 7 inches tall
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Properties owned by Sunak
The Sunaks are understood to own four properties.
A Grade II-listed manor house in the village of Kirby Sigston, near Northallerton, in his Richmond constituency, was bought for £1.5m in 2015. A five-bedroom townhouse in South Kensington, London, which records show was last sold for £4.5m in 2010.
The couple also owns a flat in South Kensington; and a penthouse apartment with views of the Pacific Ocean in Santa Monica, California.
Mr. Sunak also has the use of a taxpayer-owned flat in Downing Street, and Dorneywood, a grace-and-favor mansion in Buckinghamshire.
Rishi Sunak’s Wife; Akshata Murty’s career
An heiress to a fortune worth billions, Ms. Murty was born into a high-achieving Indian family with a flair for entrepreneurship.
Not long after her birth in 1980, she was sent to live with her paternal grandparents as her mother, Sudha Murty, and father, Narayana Murthy, advanced their careers in Mumbai.
A year later, Mr. Murthy would co-found Infosys, an IT services company that would propel him onto India’s rich list. His daughter would build on his legacy.
Ms. Murty was educated in the US, where she studied economics and French at the private liberal Claremont McKenna College in California. She then earned a diploma at a fashion college before working at Deloitte and Unilever and studying for an MBA at Stanford University.
The couple, who have two daughters, met at Stanford and married in 2009.
