Akshata Murthy: Rishi Sunak's wife Akshata earns billions every year from Infosys

Akshata Murthy, wife of Britain's newly elected Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, has assets worth billions. Akshata Murthy has earned Rs 126.61 crore as dividend in 2022 from her stake in Infosys, India's second largest IT company. If it is measured in dollars, then this income works out to 15.3 million US dollars.

According to a regulatory filing on the stock exchange, Akshata Murthy, daughter of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy, held 3.89 crore, or 0.93 per cent, of Infosys at the end of September. His stake is worth Rs 5,956 crore (about US $ 721 million) at a trading price of Rs 1,527.40 on the BSE on Tuesday.

Infosys has paid a dividend of Rs 16 per share for the financial year 2021-22 on May 31 this year. For the current year this month the firm has declared an interim dividend of Rs 16.5, according to the filing made by the company with the stock exchange. The sum of both the dividends works out to Rs 32.5 per share. Accordingly, the value of Akshata Murthy's dividend was Rs 126.61 crore.

Rishi Sunak, 42, won the race to lead the Conservative Party on Sunday and will become Britain's first Indian-origin prime minister. While Sunak is a British citizen, his wife Akshata is an Indian citizen. Their non-domestic status allows them to earn money without paying taxes in the UK for a period of up to 15 years. Akshata's non-domestic status became a topic of discussion in Britain when Sunak first entered the race to become Prime Minister in April this year.