. It should come as a surprise to none since his children attend school with David and Victoria Beckhams' kids. But just how wealthy is out new PM? Here is everything you need to know. How much is Rishi Sunak worth? Reports vary, but according to the Sunday Times' Rich List for 2022, the net worth of Rishi Sunak and his wife, Akshata Murty, is estimated to be in the region of £730 million. This makes him richer than King Charles III, who is worth an estimated £600 million. His net worth also dwarfs former PM Boris Johnson's £1.7 million, estimated by Celebrity Net Worth. Growing up the son of an NHS GP and a local pharmacist, Mr Sunak did not come from the sort of wealth his family now has. However, he still enjoyed a privileged upbringing that included attending the prestigious Hampshire public school Winchester College. At 21, his parents loaned him £105,000, helping him buy a £210,000 London flat, Channel 4 reported. Going on to work for both a hedge fund and the investment bank Goldman Sachs, Mr Sunak is likely to have had a substantial salary, though exact numbers are unclear. The bulk of his family's current wealth is reported to come from Ms Murty's 0.93% share of her father's company Infosys (allegedly worth around £690 million at the Sunday Times' last valuation), a firm that boasts a $17.53 billion (£15.8 billion) total revenue on its website. She also owns start-up incubator Catamaran Ventures UK and has shares a handful of other companies. His wife's 'non dom' tax status proved contro){kind=link}
Now Rishi Sunak has become Prime Minister, much of the electorate is looking to get to know him better – but one thing that’s widely known is that he’s not short of a few quid.
In fact, Mr Sunak is widely believed most loaded Prime Minister to have ever held the office.
A recent Savanta ComRes word cloud of responses to the question of ‘how you would describe Rishi Sunak in one word’ overwhelmingly returned the answer ‘Rich’ (as well as several much more unfortunate terms).
It should come as a surprise to none since his children attend school with David and Victoria Beckhams’ kids.
But just how wealthy is out new PM? Here is everything you need to know.