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Until this week, the second divorce of the co-founder of Google,
Sergey Brin (48),
had transpired without pain or glory in the pages of history that collect the ins and outs of business, love affairs, friendships and enmities of the most powerful men in the world in Silicon Valley (California).
However, last Sunday everything
exploded in the air and the chapter has become a vaudeville
.
In January of this year, Brin, who is the
seventh richest man in the world according to
Forbes
magazine
, filed divorce papers to end his relationship with his second wife,
Nicole Shanahan
, a patent attorney who until just a few days ago She
was known in
California tech circles for her company ClearAccessIP
,
a Palo Alto-based company that uses artificial intelligence for patent management.
A field that arouses great interest among Silicon Valley technology companies, accustomed to having to fight in court for disputes related to industrial property.
It was not until June of this year that the news broke that the Google man and the lawyer were divorcing.
The couple alleged "irreconcilable differences"
before the court in Santa Clara (California).
"Due to the high-profile nature of their relationship,
there is likely to be significant public interest
in their [marital] dissolution case and in matters related to custody [of their joint daughter]," the document filed with the court reads. court.
Despite the fears of the lawyer expressed before the court, the matter emerged at first in a rather timid way.
Something that
is partly due to Brin's discreet profile
(compared to other men in the top 10 of the
Forbes
list such as Bill Gates or Jeff Bezos) and partly because
the divorce between Google and Shanahan is being handled by a private judge. as a precautionary measure to prevent the details of the separation from leaking out to public opinion
.
"We will never know the details of the divorce," attorney Monica Mazzei told
Bloomberg
.
A divorce that, for the co-founder of Google, is the second of his life.
He was previously married until 2015 to biologist Anne Wojcicki, promoter of the company 23andMe, a pioneer in genetic studies through saliva samples that customers send from their homes.
However, discretion was blown up last Saturday when the
Wall Street Journal
pointed out that the cause behind Shanahan and Brin's divorce would be an alleged extramarital
affair
that the former would have had with Elon Musk, the richest man in the world in December. of 2021. An affair that, according to the dean of the North American economic press, would have pushed the co-founder of Google to file for divorce a month later and shelve the business in common with Musk, abandoning all the investments they had in common.
Sergey Brin during a presentation with Google Glass.GTRES
Thanks to the reputation of the New York newspaper, the eccentric character of the richest man in the world and his intense sentimental and love life - Musk has 10 recognized children and accumulates a long list of relationships that include names like Justine Wilson, Talulah Riley, Amber Heard or Grimes-
the discreet dissolution of the Shanahan-Brin duo has acquired worldwide relevance
.
The richest man in the world was quick to deny the information: "
This is absolute bullshit. Sergey and I are friends
and we were together at a party last night. I have only seen Nicole [Shanahan] twice in three years, both with more people around. Nothing romantic, "said the founder of Tesla.
A short time later, Musk would post
a
selfie
with the Google co-founder in a relaxed atmosphere
in a garden and encouraged his followers to point out and "draw attention" to the reporters of the New York media and described the medium as a "second-class tabloid".
Although Musk is the richest man in the world, Sergey Brin is not far behind.
Born into a Jewish family from Moscow who emigrated to the US when he was a child
, the founder of Google is the seventh richest man in the world according to the Forbes list with a fortune of
88.5 billion dollars
, one position behind the another co-founder of Google, Larry Page, whose capital is estimated at 91.7 billion dollars.
That of Sergey Brin and Nicole Shanahan is the third divorce of the top 10 of the richest in the world in the last three years
.
In this sense, the most famous case was the notorious separation of Bill Gates and his lifelong wife, Melinda French Gates, in a scandalous process where the close friendship of the founder of Microsoft with the convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein came to light.
Previously, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos divorced his wife MacKenzie Scott to start a relationship with Laura Sánchez, who currently holds the position of vice president at the Bezos Earth Fund.
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