Former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty studied at Stanford. They were MBA students when they met each other and later got married in 2009.
Two decades after they met and fell in love on the campus, Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty returned to Stanford Graduate School of Business, not as students but as commencement speakers for the Class of 2025.
Akshata Murty is an investor and philanthropist and the daughter of Indian industrialist Narayana Murthy. She became emotional when she visited the Business School as she recalled the place where they exactly met. She also remembered her journey from India to California and she referred to Stanford as ”nothing short of transformational”.
During her speech, she shared some memories of their student days. The couple later shared three key life lessons that they learned along the way.
Rishi Sunak ended his speech with a tribute to their relationship and said that they have always pushed each other’s thinking to become sharper.
