she may be one of the richest persons in the uk but as a child akshata murty had a simple and humble upbringing just like many indian kids daughter of infosys founder narayana murthy and authorturned philanthropist sudha murthy akshata is a fashion designer and holds a diploma in fashion designing from the fashion institute of design and merchandising in los angelesthe wife of uk pm rishi sunak akshata had a simple upbringing and that was the way she and her brother rohan grew up in the murty household 42 year old akshata was born in hubballi and is the eldest of the two siblingsparenting sudha murthys lessons on money and monetary values can never be out of datewe are not strangers to the parenting values of sudha murty from financial management to making kids understand the importance of money sudha murty explains it wonderfully using anecdotesakshata and her brother did not have a luxurious upbringing despite having the opportunity of getting one as per the reports they didnt have television in their house during their childhood apart from this their mother ensured that her children go to school by autorickshaw instead of luxurious carsakshata had met sunak at stanford university while she was doing mba the couple got married in 2009 all that you had described him to be brilliant handsome and most importantly honest narayana murthy had written in a letter to akshata approving her love for sunak an interesting anecdote of sudha murty is immensely popular it is about her sons birthday party where he initially asks for a lavish birthday party but later on agrees when his mom breaks down the pros and cons of spending such a huge amount on a birthday party sudha murty says her son agreed to give the money from the birthday party for the education of their drivers son years later he donated his scholarship money for the wards of army personnelsudha murthy has a strong hold over her opinions she always suggests parents to explore and understand the strengths and weaknesses of their children she discourages comparing one kids performance and talent with another one she also suggests parents to talk to their kids on a daily basis as much as possible in order to get closer to a child you need to understand the world from their point of view she suggests