UK PM Rishi Sunak’s Wife Earned ₹ 68 Crore In Dividend Income From Infosys

New Delhi: 

Akshata Murty, the wife of Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, stands to earn ₹ 68.17 crore in dividend income from her shareholding in India’s second-largest IT firm Infosys.

Ms Murty, daughter of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy, held 3.89 crore shares of Infosys at the end of December, according to company filings with the stock exchanges.

Infosys declared a final dividend of ₹ 17.50 per share for FY23 (April 2022 to March 2023). If she retains her shareholding till the record date, June 2, she would get ₹ 68.17 crore.

Together with an interim dividend of ₹ 16.50 a share declared in October last year, she would get ₹ 132.4 crore.

For the previous fiscal, Infosys paid a total of ₹ 31 per share dividend, giving her a total of ₹ 120.76 crore. Her holding is worth just over ₹ 5,400 crore at Thursday’s closing price of ₹ 1,388.60 per share on the BSE.

Infosys is among the best dividend-paying companies in India.

Mr Sunak, 42, in October last year became Britain’s first prime minister of Indian origin and its youngest leader in modern times.

While Sunak is a British national, his wife Akshata is an Indian citizen. Her non-domiciled status, which allows her to earn money abroad without paying taxes in Britain for a period of up to 15 years, has been a divisive issue in the UK.

The non-domiciled status of Akshata became an issue of discussion in Britain when Sunak first entered the race to become the prime minister in April last year