Like Rishi Sunak prepare to be Third Prime Minister of Great Britain This year, curiosity about his wealth hovered in the public’s mind like thought bubbles filled with crunchy pound bills.
How rich is he?
This year, The Times of London estimates that Mr Sunak and his wife, Akshata Murty, are worth more than $800 million, placing them among the 250 wealthiest people or families in the UK. The source of their wealth? “Technology and hedge funds,” the report said.
Whatever the true number is (the Sunaks can’t be commented on and it’s hard to say exactly what their fortunes if they have), questions have swirled as to whether, given their wealth, Millionaires and soon-to-be prime ministers may or may not be relevant to ordinary Britons grappling with a cost-of-living crisis. He is, after all, about to monitor tough measures to pull the country out of the financial wormhole and avoid recession.
In August Mr. Sunak directly faced questions about his personal fortune, saying that although he is fortunate to be in his situation, he was not “born like this.” He added, “I think in our country we judge people not by their bank accounts; We judge them by their character and actions. “
But judge him that the British tabloids have, anointing him as “Rishi Rich”. His wife, a fashion designer, is the daughter of the billionaire founder of technology company Infosys. Mr Sunak’s enemies have pointed to his preference for wearing suits costing £3,500, about $4,300. They noted that he was wearing Prada, once appearing at a construction site in a pair of loafers of that brand – Price, £490. The couple also have a home in London; his parliamentary constituency in Yorkshire, England; and in Santa Monica, Calif.
Born in Southampton, England, to a doctor father and a pharmacy mother, he attended Winchester College, one of Britain’s most elite schools. He graduated from Oxford, attended Stanford and made his fortune as an investment banker at firms like Goldman Sachs before entering Parliament in 2015 and becoming chancellor of the Exchequer in 2020. at the age of 39.
He will now be one of the richest people to ever occupy 10 Downing Street.
This year Mr Sunak appeared to be trying to show his bravery as an ordinary Brit, using a worn-out political guise by venturing into a shop to pay for items. But it was clear that a photo opportunity went very wrong.
After turning his small budget to the House of Representatives in March, he walked into a gas station in New Cross, Lewisham, a mic clipped to his tie, camera and video camera filming. Footage broadcast by Sky News shows a gas station employee lifting a device to scan a Coke can for Mr. Sunak. However, the prime minister did not realize the device was not a slot machine, so he awkwardly tried to pay with his bank card through a plastic screen.
Social media users mercilessly mocked him as anything other than a man of the people.
