Rishi Sunak was born in Southampton. His parents migrated to Britain from different parts of East Africa. However, they have a long association with the Indian state of Punjab.
Sunak's father Yashvir migrated to Britain from Kenya. Sunak's mother is from Tanzania. Father Yashvir worked as a general practitioner. Mother Usha ran a pharmacy. But Sunak chose finance as his future goal.
Educated at Winchester College, a private institution, she also works as a waiter at Southampton Curry House during her summer holidays. After that, he studied philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford University. He also studied MBA from Stanford University.
He was an analyst at Goldman Sachs from 2001 to 2004.
Rishi Sunak was considered to be one of the wealthiest Members of Parliament.
However, he has not disclosed his net worth. Rishi Sunak's website mentions that he is interested in cricket, football, fitness and movies.
Rishi Sunak's foray into politics is a relatively new initiative. He contested and won the 2014 British general election in Richmond, Yorkshire. He retained his seat in 2017 and 2019 elections as well. He also got the post of junior minister very quickly. He then served as Finance Minister in Boris Johnson's government.
The position of Finance Minister is the second most important responsibility in the British Cabinet. This is the first time a person of Indian origin has been given this high rank.
Sunak was in favor of Britain leaving the European Union. He was also known as the new face of the Conservative Party.