New PM Rishi Sunak Has Technology Billionaire Father-in-law
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VIVA – After Liz Truss resigned, Rishi Sunak becomes the first British Prime Minister from Asia, and also the first British Prime Minister of Indian descent, Britain's first nonwhite leader, and the first Hindu to take the top job.
Rishi Sunak has two children with her wife, Akhshata Murthy. It turns out that his wife is the son of one of the founders of the information technology group, Infosys, Narayana Murthy.
Headquartered in Bengaluru, India, Infosys is a global IT consulting and services company listed on the NYSE with more than 345,000 employees.
As quoted from the website of the company on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, from an initial capital of US$250, they have grown to a US$17.53 billion company (LTM FY23 revenue) with a market capitalization of around US$71.41 billion.
Mantan Menteri Keuangan, Rishi Sunak.
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This year, the company Infosys was recognized as the fastest-growing IT service brand by Brand Finance in its Global 500, 2022 report.
Under the leadership of Narayana Murthy, Infosys has become a leader in innovation ranging from technical, managerial, and leadership training, software technology, quality, productivity, customer focus, and employee satisfaction to physical infrastructure and technology.
In 2014, Narayana Murthy was ranked 13th among CNBC's 25 global business leaders and was listed among Fortune's 12 greatest entrepreneurs of our time in 2012.
He has received Legion d'honneur from France, CBE from England, and Padma Vibhushan from India. The Economist ranked him among the 10 most admired global business leaders in 2005.
This 76-year-old billionaire was also included in the Financial Times, top 10 list of 'Business pioneers in technology' published in March 2015. He became India's first Ernst India winner and received the Young's World Entrepreneur of the Year award.
Currently, Narayana Murthy serves on the board of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, and the United Nations Foundation. He has served on the boards of directors of the Ford Foundation in New York, HSBC, and Unilever in London.
