Some have dubbed him “Dishy Rishi” because of his elegant style and suave charm.
After a heavy fall at an ice-rink, the chancellor demonstrated that he doesn’t mind making mistakes.
His fall was made worse by the presence of his child, Mr Sunak 41, who landed on top the young girl during a family trip to the Natural History Museum, London.
Krishna and Anoushka’s father, the chancellor, was seen in jeans with a casual jacket. He held Anoushka’s hands as the girls moved around the rink.
However, he soon lost his balance, and eventually landed on top her to the delight of hundreds of observers. The fate of the other daughter involved is not clear.
Rishi Sunak fell and hit one of his daughters as he was on family day at London’s Natural History Museum.
A witness said that the chancellor had been skating for about 10 minutes, while holding onto his daughter’s hand.
The onlooker, Maddie 28, a communications officer from London, said: ‘He was skating for ten minutes before he staggered and dragged her down’
He was back up on his feet in a matter of seconds and was then able to continue skating with the help of other skaters.
Maddie, a fellow skater, and a London-based communications officer, snapped these images at 2.25pm today. James was also there.
She stated, “He landed on his child and James offered help. He completely blanked.
“He was skating for about ten minutes when he stopped and staggered, then dragged her to the ground.
“People looked at each other and took photos.”
Maddie said that he fell for approximately ten seconds, before getting up again.
Sunak quickly got on his skates again and began taking photos with stunned onlookers.
The chancellor shares his daughters with wife Akshata Murthy, whose families assets make her one of the richest women in Britain.
Akshata Murthy and her relatives hold a multimillion pound portfolio of shareholdings which have come to light amid questions over the Chancellor, who met his future wife while studying at Stanford University, California, failing to declare them in the register of ministers’ interests.
The assets make Indian-born Akshata richer than the Queen, who is estimated to be worth £350million, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.
She is the daughter of one of the richest men in India – billionaire N. R. Narayana Murthy – who has been described as the father of the Indian IT sector and ‘one of the 12 greatest businessmen of all time’.
Sunak is the son of a GP father and pharmacist mother who emigrated to Southampton from East Africa in the 1960s, and he studied at Oxford University before winning a Fulbright scholarship to Stanford where the future husband and wife met.
Sunak’s wife is the daughter of an entrepreneur in India, co-founding technology company Infosys – in which she owns 0.91 per cent shares, totalling £430million.
Her family are also have a joint venture with Amazon worth £900million a year and shares in the firm running Jamie Oliver’s Jamie’s Italian and burger chain Wendy’s in India.
Before becoming Chancellor, Sunak was better known in India than he was in Britain, after he became a household name when he married Akshata, the daughter of a self-made billionaire.
Akshata’s father is the 51st richest man in India and ranks at 1135 in the world’s billionaire list, according to Forbes.
The father-of-two from Bangalore, India, graduated with a science Master’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology before becoming the co-founder and chairman of Infosys.
He spent 30 years at the company before resigning in 2011, coming back in 2013 to pass the management to a CEO in 2014.
The tech giant was worth around £2billion when Southampton-born Sunak travelled on a Fulbright scholarship to Stanford University in California, where he met his future wife after taking Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford.
It is today valued at around £33.3billion, with Mr Murphy’s real-time net worth estimated at around £2.3billion ($3.1bn) at the time of writing.
According to his company profile, Mr Murthy, whose wife, Sudha, works as an author, is currently on the boards of Ford Foundation, the Institute for Advanced Study in New Jersey and the United Nations Foundation.
He has also served on the boards of Cornell University, Wharton School, the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University and the Rhodes Trust at Oxford, alongside Yale University’s international advisory board.
On its website, Infosys says that Mr Murthy ‘introduced the concept of the 24-hour work day to the world’.
It states: ‘Mr Murthy conceptualized, articulated and implemented the Global Delivery Model (GDM) which has become the backbone of the Indian software industry.
‘GDM is based on collaborative distributed software development principles and has resulted in the delivery of superior quality software to global customers delivered on time and within budget. Mr Murthy also introduced the concept of the 24-hour work day to the world.
‘Under Mr. Murthy’s leadership, Infosys became the leader in innovation in technical, managerial and leadership training, software technology, quality, productivity, customer focus, employee satisfaction, and physical and technological infrastructure.’
He shares his daughters and wife Akshata with Murthy, the chancellor. Her family assets make her one among Britain’s most wealthy women. Pictured: Sunak with his wife, Akshata, and their children Krishna and Anoushka
Sunak, who is locally known as the “Maharaja” of the Dales (pictured is their stunning Georgian manor located in North Yorkshire).
Rishi Sunak, pictured with his wife Akshata Murthy, was better known in India than Britain before he became Chancellor
Sunak, a Southampton-born philosopher, took a first in Philosophy and Politics at Oxford. He then traveled on a Fulbright Scholarship to Stanford University, California, where he met his future wife. (pictured second from the right with her family)
Sunak and Akshata were married in 2009, in Bangalore. It was a two-day affair attended by over 1,000 people.
Before entering politics, Mr Sunak, who is now a multi-millionaire in his own right, studied at the £42,000-per-year Winchester College and later at Oxford University.
He worked for several investment companies, including Goldman Sachs, in California, India, and Britain during his career in business.
He later set up his own business, Theleme Partners, in 2010 with an initial fund of £536million.
While building the hedge fund he spent a couple of days doing voluntary work for the Conservatives – which was when he decided he would like to go into politics full-time.
When asked about his decision to enter politics, he said: “It wasn’t my parents that motivated me. But not in an political way.”
“My father was a doctor, my mom a pharmacist and I grew to work in their practice; in the pharmacy; giving medicines to those who could not pick them up.
People would often stop to talk about me or my dad. They’d say things like, “Oh, you are Mrs Sunak’s son, Dr Sunak’s son.” Then they would share a story of how my parents helped their parent or child. That was incredible to me.
“They were the same people for over 30 years. It was evident that they could have an extraordinary impact on their community. That I found very inspiring. This was what motivated me to be an MP.
Every year Sunak and his wife throw a summer garden party for local villagers at their magnificent Georgian £1.5million manor house in Kirby Sigston, just outside Northallerton, Yorkshire – leading to him being dubbed the ‘Maharaja of the Dales’.
Sir Alistair Graham was a former chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life and stated that the Chancellor seemed to have taken the “most minimalist approach” to disclosing information.
He told The Guardian: ‘Perhaps Rishi Sunak should carefully read the ‘Seven principles of Public Life’ to make sure he is fulfilling the two principles of ‘Honesty and Leadership’.’
However, a Treasury spokesperson stated that Sunak had followed the ministerial code letter to letter when declaring his interest.
It follows Mr Sunak facing demands to reveal details of his financial interests last month, after it emerged he set up a ‘blind trust’ on becoming a minister.
When he became Chief Secretary of the Treasury last July, the arrangement was implemented by the Chancellor, which means that the Chancellor does not know the investment strategy for his assets.
The ‘blind trust” allows him to keep his investments private by not having to reveal more details. Sunak and his family during the election.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer is pictured with his wife, Akshata, and their two children during a Santa run
In 2009, the couple were married in Bangalore. It was a two-day event attended by over 1,000 people.
Before entering politics, Mr Sunak, who is now a multi-millionaire in his own right and a graduate of £42,000-per-year Winchester College and Oxford University graduate
However, critics pointed out that conflict could still exist as Sunak (reputedly the most wealthy MP) is well aware of what he placed in the trust.
He does not need to reveal more details about his investments portfolio. According to the latest register of ministerial rights, the existence of the trust was discovered.
This was after other documents showed that he didn’t take his salary for five month when he joined Treasury last year. He waived the £34,000 top up to his MP’s salary until just before Christmas.
Theresa May was also controversial because she did a similar thing when she became the Prime Minister of 2016.
The Tories attacked Tony Blair in mid-90s when it became clear that Blair used a blind trust as leader of opposition to pay for his office.
The ex-standards tsar Sir Alex Allan was fired last week when Boris Johnson disregarded his conclusion that Priti Paltel had broken the ministerial code. Sunak is believed to have given his approval.