She Is Reportedly Richer Than The Queen. 10 Things To Know About Akshata Murthy

Akshata Murthy is the daughter of India's tech big gun NR Narayana Murthy and bestselling author Sudha Murthy. Akshata Murthy was recently in the news as she was reported to be 100 million pounds richer than the Queen of England. According to a Guardian investigation, Akshata owns 480 million pounds worth of shares while the queen’s personal wealth only amounts to 350 million pounds.

Akshata Murthy is married to Rishi Sunak, the next Prime Minister of the UK, tasked to steer the economically floundering nation days after his predecessor Liz Truss stepped down, conceding defeat. At age 42, he is the youngest and the first person of colour to hold the post. In his first address to the people after being named Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak said it was the "Greatest privilege of my life...Will work day in and out to deliver".

Here is all you need to know about Akshata Murthy.

• Akshata Murthy is the daughter of Narayana Murthy, Indian billionaire businessman and the co-founder of Infosys and Sudha Murthy, author and a social worker.
• Akshata has a brother, Rohan Murty. He is the founder of the Murty Classical Library of India.
• Akshata got married to Rishi Sunak, a British politician, in the year 2009.

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• Murthy had two children with her husband, Rishi Sunak, named Krishna and Anoushka.
• The 40-year-old Murthy attended Stanford Business School in Stanford, Santa Clara County of California.
• Murthy met her husband at Stanford Business School. Both of them were classmates.
• According to Sunak's financial statements, Akshata Murthy is the owner of UK-based venture capital firm called Catamaran Ventures, which also has investments in India.
• Akshata Murthy reportedly owns shares worth over 430 million pounds in her father Narayan Murthy's tech giant company, Infosys.
• Murthy recently started trending after the news came that she is richer than the queen of England as she hold almost 100 million pounds more than the queen.
• According to the Guardian report, Akshata Murthy has undeclared stakes in at least six other UK companies and holdings which also includes a 900 million pounds-a-year joint venture with Amazon India.

Khushi Gupta is an intern with SheThePeople.TV