Google’s co-founder, Sergey Brin, reportedly divorced his wife, Nicole Shanahan, in secrecy in May this year, after her alleged affair with another billionaire, Elon Musk.
A judge had signed off on the former couple’s divorce on May 26, Page Sixreported.
The couple were married for three years, after which Brin filed for a divorce citing “irreconcilable differences”.
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Shanahan and Brin agreed to divide legal and physical custody of their now 4-year-old daughter as part of the terms of their divorce. In accordance with a provision in their prenuptial agreement, matters such as spousal support, legal fees and the partition of their assets were resolved in private arbitration, according to court records accessed by the publication.
According to the divorce documents, the couple also agreed to “non-guideline” child support, albeit the exact amount being kept secret.
People with knowledge of the situation had told the Wall Street Journal that allegations of an affair between Shanahan and Musk, who was longtime friends with Brin, were what ultimately led to the divorce. Musk also described a moment when Tesla was having trouble in its early years but Larry Page and Brin, the other co-founder of Google, still chose to invest in the business.
Musk and Shanahan had both denied the affair earlier, with the Tesla chief
