Elon Musk in the fall of 2021, briefly dated the wife of the co-founder of Google Sergey Brin Nicole Shanahan, wrote The Wall Street Journal with reference to sources. Musk is the richest businessman in the world according to Forbes (a fortune of $ 253.4 billion), Brin takes 10th place ($ 89.9 billion), follows from Forbes Real-Time rankingwhich is updated in real time.
Musk’s short romance with Shanahan was the reason Brin filed for divorce, WSJ sources say. The desire of the couple to disperse became known in June 2022. But the application was filed back in January 2022, the WSJ specified, citing court documents. In them, the couple mentioned “irreconcilable differences” quoted by Bloomberg. The documents were sent to court weeks after Brin learned of his wife’s affair with Musk, WSJ sources say. Brin and Shanahan already had relationship problems by that time, the newspaper’s interlocutors added. As a result of the divorce, Shanahan wants to receive $ 1 billion, they say.
The Bell, 07/24/2022, “Google co-founder Sergey Brin files for divorce over his wife’s affair with Elon Musk – WSJ”: According to the newspaper, their love affair began in early December, after meeting at the Art Basel arts festival in Miami. At that time, Brin and his wife broke up, but continued to live together, according to a WSJ source close to Shanahan. In the statement, the date of separation is December 15. […]
The WSJ also writes that Shanahan is seeking more than $1 billion in the divorce proceedings. An agreement has yet to be reached, and, according to the newspaper, Brin’s side insists that Shanahan asked for “much more” than she was entitled to under the marriage contract. — Inset K.ru
In addition, Shanahan’s relationship with Musk has shaken the billionaire and Brin’s long-standing friendship, wrote The Wall Street Journal. Tensions between the two billionaires have grown in recent months as Brin ordered his financial advisers to pull out of his personal investments in Musk’s company, sources told the WSJ. According to them, at one of the parties, Musk knelt before Brin and asked for forgiveness: Brin accepted the apology, but has not been in contact with the head of Tesla since then infrequently.
RIA Novosti, 07/24/2022, “Media: Google co-founder filed for divorce from his wife because of her affair with Musk”: According to the Wall Street Journal, Brin provided $500,000 to Tesla during the financial crisis of 2008, “when it struggled to increase production.” In turn, Musk gave Brin a Tesla SUV in 2015. — Inset K.ru
Brin’s lawyer declined to comment to the WSJ. Musk and Shanahan’s spokesperson did not respond to a newspaper request.
Sergey Brin lived with his wife for three years, they have a common child. Brin’s previous marriage to 23andMe founder Anna Wojcicki ended in 2015. 6 years after the Wojcicki divorce became a billionairewhen her company went public.
IA “RBC”, 07/25/2022, “Musk called complete nonsense reports of an affair with the wife of a co-founder of Google”: Tesla founder Elon Musk denied reports of an affair with Nicole Shanahan, the wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Earlier, Wall Street Journal sources reported that this affair was the reason for the couple’s divorce.
“This is complete nonsense. Sergey and I are friends and last night we were together at a party. I saw Nicole only twice in three years, and both times in the presence of many other people. Nothing romantic,” Musk tweeted. Twitter. — Inset K.ru