“He was a wonderful boy from a very good family and he worked hard,” says Kuti Miah, a family friend and ostentatious restaurant owner. “There is no one better to be in his place right now, that’s a fact.” After Winchester came Oxford, where Sunak received a first-class MAP degree and then worked in the City with Goldman Sachs before studying for an MBA at Stanford University in California as a Fulbright Fellow. There he met his wife, Akshata Murty. He also had parents who started with nothing and continued to build a legacy for their children – in their case, Infosys, a global giant that made them multi-billionaires. Upon his return to Britain, Sunak became a partner in a hedge fund, The Children’s Investment Fund, and then left to help found Theleme Partners, which he started in October 2010 with $ 700 million under management. The year before he became an MP, he was the director of the investment fund of his wife, Catamaran Ventures, which so far has invested more than 4 million pounds in startups. Instead of being encouraged to invest more, he faced questions about whether he had broken some rules by giving the company what it equates to a tax-free loan. When he ran for parliament in 2015, Rishi Sunak liked to tell voters how proud he was that “you can come to this country with very few,” like his parents, and make something that leads your family to the parliament . “For my family,” he said, “the path was education.” His parents, who believed they had done the right thing by working hard and giving their children a start in life, will no doubt be disappointed at the thought that success in business would prevent their son from achieving the ultimate award of becoming prime minister. As the number 10 once said: “Instead of treating businesses as if they were somehow morally dubious, we Conservatives should celebrate their power to do good.”
Four countries are queuing up to attract the super-rich
Tom Reese
