Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's net worth explained and where his money came from

Rishi Sunak is believed to be the richest man in the House of Commons, thanks to his past career as a banker and his marriage to Akshata Murty

is speaking on the final day at the Conservative party conference in Manchester, amid news that HS2 will be cut once more – this time on its line from Manchester to Birmingham.

He registered a blind trust in July 2019 after being appointed chief secretary to the Treasury by then-chancellor Sajid Javid, and it is believed to contain a multi-million pound fortune. Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said at the time: “The truth with this trust is that the only people that are blind to it are the public.”The vast majority of Mr Sunak’s family wealth comes from his wife, whom he married in 2009.

Her family also has a £900m joint venture with Amazon in India, while Ms Murty herself owns a UK-based venture capital company, and is a director or direct shareholder at five other UK companies.

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