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Akshata Narayan Murty (born April 1980)[1][2] is

a British-based Indian heiress, businesswoman,
fashion designer and venture capitalist. She is
married to British Prime Minister and
Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak. Murty and
Sunak are the 222nd richest people in Britain,
with a combined fortune of £730m as of 2022.[3]
Her personal wealth became the topic of British
media discussion in the context of her claim of
non-domiciled status in the UK.[4]

Akshata Murty

Murty in 2019

Spouse of the prime minister of the United

Kingdom

Incumbent

Assumed office
25 October 2022

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

Preceded by Hugh O'Leary

Personal details

Born April 1980 (age 42)

Hubli, Karnataka, India

Spouse Rishi Sunak (m. 2009)

Children 2

Parents N. R. Narayana Murthy

(father)

Sudha Murty (mother)

Relatives Rohan Murty (brother)

Residence(s) • 10 Downing Street

• Chequers Court

Alma mater Claremont McKenna

College (BA)

Fashion Institute of
Design &
Merchandising

Stanford University
(MBA)

Murty is the daughter of N. R. Narayana Murthy, a

founder of the Indian multi-national IT company
Infosys, and Sudha Murty. She holds a 0.93%
stake in Infosys, making her one of the wealthiest
women in the UK, along with shares in several
other businesses in the UK.[5][6][7] She is a
director of Digme Fitness, and digital
transformation company Soroco that her brother
Rohan Murty co-founded.[8]

Early life and education …

Murty was born in Hubli, India[5][2] and raised by

her paternal grandparents as her father N. R.
Narayana Murthy and her mother Sudha Murty
worked to launch their technology company,
Infosys.[9][2] Her mother was the first female
engineer to work for India's then largest car
maker, and is now a philanthropist.[10]

Murty had a comparatively simple middle class

upbringing in Jayanagar, a suburb of Bangalore,
"with no birthday parties or much pocket money"
in order to keep the family values intact.[11]

Murty attended Baldwin Girls' High School,

Bangalore, and later studied economics and
French at Claremont McKenna College in
California; she has a diploma in clothes
manufacturing from the Fashion Institute of
Design & Merchandising,[2] and a Master of
Business Administration from Stanford University.
[2]

She has one brother, Rohan Murty.[12]

Career and investments …

In 2007, Murty joined Dutch cleantech firm

Tendris as its marketing director, where she
worked for two years, before leaving to start her
own fashion firm.[2] Her fashion label closed in
2012.[5] In 2013, she became the director of
venture capital fund Catamaran Ventures.[2] She
co-founded, with her husband Rishi Sunak, the
London branch of the Indian firm which is owned
by her father, N. R. Narayana Murthy.[13] Sunak
transferred his shares to her shortly before being
elected as the Conservative MP for Richmond in
2015.[14] Since 2015, she has owned a 0.91%[5] or
0.93% share of her father's technology firm
Infosys, valued at around £700 million in April
2022,[4] and shares in two of Jamie Oliver's
restaurant businesses, Wendy's in India, Koro
Kids and Digme Fitness.[8] She is a director of
Digme Fitness and the UK subsidiary of Soroco,
an IT business co-founded by her brother, Rohan
Murty .[8]

Personal life …

Kirby Sigston Manor, North

Yorkshire

Murty is an Indian citizen. In August 2009 Murty

married Rishi Sunak, whom she met at Stanford
University.[2][15] They have two daughters,
Anoushka and Krishna.[4][12] They own Kirby
Sigston Manor in the village of Kirby Sigston,
North Yorkshire, as well as a mews house in Earl's
Court in central London, a flat on the Old
Brompton Road, South Kensington, and a
penthouse apartment on Ocean Avenue in Santa
Monica, California.[16][17][18][19][20] In April 2022, it
was reported that Sunak and Murty had moved
out of 11 Downing Street to a newly refurbished
West London home.[21][22]

In April 2022 it was reported that she is a non-

domiciled resident of the United Kingdom, which
entitles her to pay no tax on her income outside
Britain, subject to an annual payment of £30,000.
[9][8][4] Murty announced that she would retain
her non-domiciled status but pay UK tax on her
worldwide income voluntarily.[23][24]

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