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The new residents of No. 10 Downing Street will be richer than those in Buckingham Palace.
Rishi Sunak, who will become the UK’s new Prime Minister, and his wife Akshata Murty have an estimated fortune of $845.5 million, according to the Sunday Times 2022 Rich List. The list placed them as the 222nd richest people in Britain.
In comparison, the same list placed Queen Elizabeth II’s fortune at $418.5 million before her death.
King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort’s weath is estimated to be between $339 million and $396 million, according to the Guardian.
Sunak is a former hedge fund manager but Murty is the daughter of one of India’s richest men.
N.R. Narayana Murthy is the founder of tech giant Infosys and at the time the Rich List was published in July, Murty owned a stake worth about $780 million.
Murty, who is also a fashion designer, invests in start-ups through her private investment firm, Catamaran Ventures UK.
In May, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index put her net worth at about $1.3 billion.
The couple, both 42, met while studying at Stanford University for an MBA and were married in 2009.
