Indian-origin politician and Infosys co-founder Narayan Murthy's son-in-law Rishi Sunak was appointed as United KingdomĄ¯s new finance minister. This appointment was a part of the recent reshuffle after the appointment of UKĄ¯s newest Prime Minister Boris Johnson.?
Rishi Sunak is the son in law of Infosys co-founder Narayan Murthy and Sudha Murthy, married to Akshanta Murthy, residing in Hampshire, UK. He is soon expected to move into No. 11 Downing Street, right next to the Prime MinsterĄ¯s office.?
Narayan Murthy founded Infosys and was the CEO for the enterprise for 21 years. At Infosys, he designed and applied the Global Delivery Model for IT services outsourcing from India.?
Sudha Murthy is a social worker and author and looks after philanthropic work conducted through Infosys.
Sunak is replacing Pakistani-origin Sajid Javid who recently resigned as Chancellor of the Exchequer. He has worked as JavidĄ¯s juniors the Chief Secretary to the Treasury. His position today is the second most crucial government position.
Belonging to a Punjabi family, son of a pharmacist mother Usha Sunak and a National Health Service (NHS) general practitioner (GP) father? Yashvir Sunak.?
He completed his early education at Winchester College, followed by a degree in Politics, Philosophy, Economics at Lincoln College, Oxford. He has also attained an MBA from Stanford University.
HeĄ¯s been a part of parliament since 2015, being a conservative candidate for Richmond Yorks. Before that, he has worked at Goldman Sachs, as well as a partner at the hedge fund management company The ChildrenĄ¯s Investment Fund Management.
In his initial days in the parliament, he was a part of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select committee. In 2016, he also supported Brexit. He was again elected as MP in 2017 and acted as Parliament Undersecretary for Local Government between January 2018 to June 2019.
He was again elected in the 2019 general election with an increased majority of 47.2 percent.?
During the Brexit referendum, he said, supporting the idea of Brexit, "From working in my mum's tiny chemist shop to my experience building large businesses, I have seen how we should support free enterprise and innovation to ensure Britain has a stronger future."
He will be accompanied by Home Secretary Priti Patel on the government panel along with? Indian origin MPs Alok Sharma, Suella Braverman and others.