Sunak: 'I think in our country, we judge people not by their bank account, we judge them by their character and their actions.'
In May, the couple entered The Sunday Times UK Rich List at number 222 with a reported net worth of 730 million pounds , when Sunak became the first frontline politician to be on the list since it began in 1989.
"I think in our country, we judge people not by their bank account, we judge them by their character and their actions. And yes, I'm really fortunate to be in the situation I'm in now, but I wasn't born like this," Sunak told a leadership hustings event in Darlington, northern England. Truss's downfall gives a vindicated Sunak a chance at the top job, but opponents are keen to highlight his wealth, an issue which has given him political difficulties in the past, especially in light of his warning that big challenges lie ahead for the country.
After graduating, he worked as an analyst at Goldman Sachs and at a hedge fund before he entered politics. His father-in-law is valued by Forbes at $4.5 billion, and earlier on Tuesday he said he was"confident he will do his best for the people of the United Kingdom." Sunak said at the time that questions about his father-in-law's wealth and his wife's tax arrangements were politically motivated attempts to damage him.
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