Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak (born 12 May 1980) is a British politician who has served as Chancellor of the Exchequer since February 2020. A member of the Conservative Party, he previously served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury under Chancellor Sajid Javid from July 2019 to February 2020. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond (Yorks) since the 2015 general election.

Born in Southampton, Hampshire, to a Punjabi Indian-East African family, his early education was at Winchester College. Sunak subsequently studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at Lincoln College, Oxford, and later gained an MBA from Stanford University as a Fulbright Scholar. After graduating, he worked for investment bank Goldman Sachs and later as a partner at hedge fund management firm The Children's Investment Fund Management.

Sunak was born on 12 May 1980 in Southampton, Hampshire, to Yashvir and Usha Sunak. His grandparents were born in Punjab, India, and emigrated from East Africa to the UK in the 1960s. His father Yashvir was a general practitioner (GP), and his mother Usha was a pharmacist who ran a local pharmacy. He is the eldest of three siblings.

Sunak was privately educated at Winchester College, an all-boys' boarding school, where he was head boy. He then studied PPE at Lincoln College, Oxford, graduating with a First  in 2001. In 2006, Sunak obtained an MBA from Stanford University, where he was a Fulbright scholar