Akshata Narayana Murty[a] (born 25 April 1980) is an Indian heiress, businesswoman, fashion designer, and venture capitalist.
She is married to former prime minister of the United Kingdom Rishi Sunak and the daughter of N. R. Narayana Murthy, a founder of the Indian multinational IT company Infosys, and Sudha Murty.
[4][5] In 2022, her personal wealth became the topic of British media discussion in the context of her claim of non-domiciled status, an arrangement seen as benefiting the "super rich."
[12] In the 1990s,[13] Murty attended Baldwin Girls' High School, Bangalore, and in 1998 studied economics and French at Claremont McKenna College in California.
[18] As of 2022[update], Murthy was a director at Digme Fitness, and also Soroco, the digital transformation company that her brother Rohan Murty co-founded.
[25][26] In April 2022, Murty's wealth became the focus of British media discussion[16][17] that noted her non-domiciled resident status in the United Kingdom, which entitled her to pay no tax on her income outside Britain, subject to an annual payment of £30,000.