Akshata Murty

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Akshata Murty is the daughter of Infosys co-founder N. R. Narayana Murthy. Her husband, Rishi Sunak, is the first person of colour to become prime minister in British history. [7]The New York Times Rishi Sunak giving his first speech as the PM of the UK at 10 Downing Street.She is a Britain-based Indian businesswoman and fashion designer. She has been seen at several high-profile events, often wearing designer clothing and accessories.She was brought up by her grandparents in Hubli; as her parents were struggling with their professional life. A childhood image of Akshata Murty with her father and younger brother.She spells her surname differently from her father’s and removed ‘h’ from Murthy. [8]Economic Times.She completed her schooling in India and pursued her further education in California.After completing her studies, Akshata worked for a short period at Infosys before leaving to pursue her own entrepreneurial ventures. She co-founded a company called Sandstone, which is a home decor and furnishings business. Akshata is also involved in philanthropy and serves on the board of trustees for the Murthy Classical Library of India.In an interview, her husband, Rishi Sunak, talked about him being very organised and Akshata being very spontaneous and unorganised. He said, I’m incredibly tidy, she’s very messy. I’m much more organised, she is more spontaneous. She is not going to love me for saying this, but I’ll be honest with you, she is not big on the whole tidying thing. She is a total nightmare, clothes everywhere… and shoes… oh God shoes.” [9]Mint.In 2007, she started working as a marketing director at Tendris, a Dutch cleantech Incubator Fund.Akshata and Rishi Sunak met each other when they were doing their MBA in California. They became good friends and dated for a few years.She worked at Unilever and Deloitte for a while, before doing MBA.