Akshata Murthy (Rishi Sunaks Wife); Wikipedia, Age, Net Worth, Children and Facts

Akshata-Murthy

Akshata Murthy has been married to her politician husband, Rishi Sunak for more than 13 years now. The pair exchanged wedding vows back in 2009 after meeting each other at Stanford University. As of now, they raise two daughters together.

How much is Akshata Murthy net worth? More on Akshata Murthy Wikipedia, age, parents, father, children, ethnicity, height, citizenship, first husband, education, and facts.  

Akshata Murthy is a British-based Indian fashion designer. Moreover, she is popular as the wife of a British politician of Indian descent, Rishi Sunak. Her husband recently lost the UK Prime Minister election to Liz Truss.

Akshata Murthy Married Life With Husband Rishi Sunak; How Many Children Does She Have?

After meeting each other at Stanford University in California, Akshata and Rishi decided to walk down the aisle together in August 2009. Their blissful wedding ceremony took place in Bengaluru, India.

Following their nuptial bond, Akshata and her husband welcomed two children together. They have two daughters named Anoushka Sunak and Krishna Sunak.

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Akshata with her husband Rishi Sunak and daughters (Source: Instagram)

The couple owns a luxurious flat on Old Brompton Road and Kirby Sigston Manor. They also have a mews house in Kensington in Central London as well as a penthouse apartment in Santa Monica, California.

Akshata Murthy Wikipedia; Age, Education, Ethnicity, Height

The fashion designer was born Akshata Narayan Murthy in April 1980 in Hubli, Karnataka, India. Based on her birth year, Akshata is now 42 years of age. She has Indian nationality and South Asian ethnicity.

Talking about her education, Akshata attended Baldwin Girls’ High school in Bangalore. Later on, she enrolled at Claremont McKenna College in California to study economics and French.

Akshata also has a diploma in clothes manufacturing from the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising. Moreover, she holds a Master of Business Administration from Stanford University.

The fashion designer has an average height of 5 feet and 4 inches (1.63 meters).

Who Is Akshata Murthy Father? Her Mother and Siblings

Akshata was born as the eldest of two children of her parents, N.R. Narayan Murthy and Sudha Murty. Her father, N.R. Narayan Murthy, is an Indian billionaire businessman. He and his wife, Sudha, are the co-founder of an Indian multinational information technology company named Infosys Limited.

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Akshata pictured with her parents (Source: Instagram)

Akshata’s mother, Sudha, was the first female engineer to work for India’s then largest car maker. She now serves as a philanthropist and a member of the Gates Foundation.

She moved to Mumbai at the age of two where she grew up alongside her younger brother, Rohan Murty. Rohan is an Indian officer and junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. He is also the founder of the Murty Classical Library of India.

How Much Is Akshata Murthy Net Worth? Her Career and Job

Akshata manages a resounding net worth as the joint owner of her father’s technology firm Infosys. She has a 0.93% share of the firm which was valued at around £700 million in April 2022. Her actual professional net worth swirls around $1.2 billion.

Initially, Akshata joined the Dutch cleantech firm Tendris as a marketing director in 2007. Eventually, she started her fashion firm which later closed in 2012.

A year later, Akshata became the director of the venture capital firm Catamaran Ventures. She co-founded the London branch of the firm alongside her husband.

On top of that, Akshata is also the director of Digme Fitness and the Soroco which was founded by her brother.

Some Interesting Facts About Akshata Murthy

  • Akshata has Indian citizenship and she is a non-domiciled UK resident.
  • Since she is a non-domiciled UK resident, it temporarily entitled her to pay tax on her income outside Britain.
  • Her professional worth also became the topic of British media discussion in 2022 as she was wealthier than Elizabeth II and was not paying tax in the UK on her unremitted income from Infosys dividends.

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