Rishi Sunak was born in Southampton, Hampshire, South East England on May 12, 1980, to Indian parents Yashvir and Usha Sunak.
His grandparents immigrated from Punjab, in northwestern India, to East Africa, where he was born in Tanzania and Kenya, respectively.
His father was a general practitioner, and his mother was a pharmacist who owned a small pharmacy in town.
Sunak's grandparents were born in Punjab Province, British India, and immigrated to the United Kingdom from East Africa in the 1960s.
Sunak is the eldest of three brothers and sisters.
His brother Sanjay is a psychologist, and his sister Rakhi works at the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office as the Head of Humanitarian, Peacebuilding, UN Funds, and Programmes.