Elon Musk had affair with Google founder Sergey Brin’s wife which led to their divorce and the end of the tech billionaires’ friendship, friends claim
- Sergey Brin filed for divorce from his wife Nicole Shanahan in January citing irreconcilable differences
- Now, friends of the pair tell The Wall Street Journal that Nicole had an affair with Elon Musk in December 2021
- She and Brin were ‘separated’ but still living together in their palatial home, according to the sources
- It’s unclear how long the romance with Musk lasted; he welcomed his eighth child via surrogate in December
- The baby, a girl who he called Y, was his second with the singer Grimes. They split in September 2021
- Brin and Shanahan were married for four years and welcomed a daughter in 2018
- He is the world’s 7th richest man, worth of $93billion, while Musk, worth $253.4bn, is the richest
Elon Musk, shown in February
Elon Musk had an affair with Google founder Sergey Brin’s wife which was the catalyst for their divorce, it has been claimed.
Friends of the pair told The Wall Street Journal on Sunday that Musk’s romance with Nicole Shanahan was the reason for his friendship with Brin coming to an end.
Brin filed for divorce in January, signaling the beginning of one of the most expensive splits in Silicon Valley history. The reason for the divorce, at the time, was not clear.
He cited ‘irreconcilable differences’ in divorce papers.
According to the Journal’s sources, Brin and Shanahan had an affair in December last year, before Sergey filed.
He and Shanahan were separated at the time but still living together.
Brin, 48, is understood to have quietly filed divorce papers in January, citing ‘irreconcilable differences’ and revealing that the couple have been separated since December 2021
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