The couple’s estimated combined wealth is double that of King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla. They are also among the 250 wealthiest British people or families.
Now, Sunak will be one of the wealthiest people ever to occupy No. 10 Downing St.
The eldest of three children, Sunak was educated at a private boarding school, Winchester College, which costs 43,335 pounds a year to attend.
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Sunak’s father-in-law, NR Narayana Murthy, co-founded tech giant Infosys in 1981. The outsourcing behemoth is now worth around $75 billion.
Akshata Murty’s stake in Infosys is worth around $700 million, making her richer than the late Queen Elizabeth II, whose personal wealth was estimated at about $460 million by the 2021 Sunday Times Rich List.
The two are together worth more than $800 million. By comparison, King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla has an estimated combined wealth of $340-$395 million.
The couple’s lavish lifestyle hasn’t gone unnoticed by the British media at a time when ordinary people are struggling.
In August, reports said that they were spending £400,000 on a swimming pool at their country pad.
Sunak’s rivals have pointed to his penchant for wearing expensive suits, and have noted that he once wore a pair of Prada loafers to a construction site — cost, $550.
Murty and Sunak own at least four properties, including a nearly $8 million five-bedroom house in Kensington, London. They also own a flat in Santa Monica, California.
She dabbled in finance and marketing before creating her own fashion label, Akshata Designs, in 2010.
Akshata makes no bones about her right-of-centre economic outlook.
According to a 2011 Vogue profile, Murty works with artists in remote villages to create Indian-meets-Western fusion clothes that are “vehicles to discovering Indian culture”.
“I believe we live in a materialistic society,” she told the magazine. “People are becoming more conscious about the world they live in. Doing good is fashionable.”
