Fact check: Firm founded by Rishi Sunak’s father-in-law made 2015 acquisition
Summary
A widely shared thread of posts on social media site X, formerly Twitter, has claimed, among other things, that “Rishi Sunak’s Step Father bought an Israeli Based Intelligence Company that was founded by the Former Director of Mossad”. In the 2015 announcement, Panaya was described as “a leading provider of automation technology for large-scale enterprise software management”. Panaya was founded by Yossi Cohen, a software entrepreneur who studied at Tel Aviv University. Mr Cohen did serve in the Israeli Air Force, which is common in Israel because the country has compulsory military service for the majority of men and women. She is the daughter of Indian billionaire businessman Narayana Murthy, who is one of the co-founders of Infosys, which bought Panaya in 2015.