Rishi Sunak’s wife invests in firm linked to Qatari rulers

Akshata Murty also shown to hold stake in luxury furniture firm backed by Rupert Murdoch's daughter

The multimillionaire wife of the UK chancellor, Rishi Sunak, holds stakes in a private investment community for the next generation of global leaders" and a luxury British furniture company backed by Rupert Murdoch's daughter.

Akshata Murty, the daughter of an Indian billionaire, married Sunak in 2009. She owns shares in dara5, a London-based investment firm cofounded in 2019 by a member of Qatar's ruling Al-Thani family. The shareholding, via her Catamaran Ventures UK investment company, was first reported by Bloomberg on Tuesday.