Nicole Shanahan is an attorney and the founder and president of the Bia-Echo Foundation. She is the estranged wife of the co-founder of Google Sergey Brin and has been in the media spotlight recently following rumors of an affair with Elon Musk.
Let’s get to know more about Nicole Shanahan.
Nicole Shanahan Net Worth & Earnings
Nicole Shanahan has an estimated net worth of $12 Million. Following her divorce, from her multi-billionaire husband; Nicole is working on a divorce settlement of over $1 Billion.
If that gets granted to her, Nicole Shanahan will become a billionaire in no time. Meanwhile, other than the fortune, Nicole might obtain after her divorce settlement; she earns well for herself. Shanahan is the founder and president of the prestigious Bia-Echo Foundation. Not only that; she has held high positions at many known companies.
As for her former husband, Sergey Brin, he is the 7th richest person in the world with a net worth of around $99 billion. He is most known as the co-founder of Google alongside Larry Page.
Elon Musk, with whom she was rumored to be in an affair, is currently the richest man on earth with a net worth of $253.4 billion.
Nicole Shanahan Age & Birthday
When was Nicole Shanahan born? Nicole Shanahan was born in October 1981. As of 2022, Nicole Shanahan is 40 years of age.
As her exact date of birth is not known, Nicole’s zodiac sign also remains unknown.
Nicole Shanahan Parents & Family
Nicole Shanahan has not revealed the identities of her parents. However, we know that her mother was a Chinese immigrant and her father struggled with mental illness.
For the majority of her childhood, Nicole’s parents were unemployed so she grew up in a poor household. She also mentioned that there was a lot of chaos and fear in her home because her father was mentally ill.
Nicole Shanahan Education
In 2007, Nicole Shanahan graduated from the University of Puget Sound with a BA in Asian studies, economics, and Mandarin Chinese. She also has a certificate in WTO studies from the Geneva Graduate Institute.
Nicole obtained her J.D. in high-technology law, intellectual property, and litigation from the Santa Clara University School of Law. She also attended the National University of Singapore as a J.D. exchange in 2013.
Nicole Shanahan Career
Growing up in a poor household, Nicole Shanahan started earning at a young age. At the age of 12, she bussed tables. In 2006, she was an intern at Georgopolous and Economidis for less than a year.
Nicole was an IP paralegal at Aeon Law for a year and 3 months from June 2006. Since then, she has worked as a consultant to the International Practice Group at Logan Law Firm, a patent Specialist at Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP, an IP paralegal and database specialist at Rutan & Tucker LLP, and more.
Nicole Shanahan started working as the editor of the high technology Law Journal at Santa Clara University from August 2011 to May 2014. She was then the founder and CEO of ClearAccessIP from January 2013 for 7 years and 4 months. She was a CodeX fellow at the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics for 8 years.
Shanahan is presently the president of the Bia-Echo Foundation. This is a philanthropic foundation that was founded in 2020 that promoted criminal justice reform, supports research on fertility and reproductive longevity in women in their mid-30s and fights for a sustainable future.
Nicole Shanahan’s Husband & Children
Nicole Shanahan’s husband was Sergey Brin. The two first met in 2016 at a yoga retreat. They got married in 2018 and stayed married for 4 years. However, the couple is now divorced.
Sergey Brin and Nicole separated in December 2021. Eventually, Brin filed for divorce in January 2022 citing irreconcilable differences.
Through this marriage, Nicole Shanahan and her former husband Sergey Brin has a daughter who was born in 2018.
Sergey Brin Wiki
Sergey Brin is a computer scientist, internet entrepreneur, and business magnate. He is most known as the co-founder of Google. Brin was born on August 21, 1973, in Russia, and he is currently 48 years old. He was born to parents Mikhail and Eugenia Brin who are both graduates of Moscow State University.
Brin’s mother is a researcher at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, and his father is a retired mathematics professor at the University of Maryland. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland, College Park, and obtained his master’s from Stanford University.
Sergey Brin is the co-founder of Google alongside college friend Larry Page. He has also invested in Space Adventures, the Virginia-based space tourism company.
Nicole Shanahan’s Affair with Elon Musk
After the divorce between Nicole Shanahan and husband Sergey Brin, rumors arose that the divorce was sparked by an affair between Nicole and Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX.
Wall Street Journal reported that the two were engaged in a brief affair in 2021.
However, Elon Musk has come forward to deny these rumors. He referred to this news as “total bs” and said that he is still friends with Sergey Brin.
Further, Elon added,
“I’ve only seen Nicole twice in three years, both times with many other people around. Nothing romantic”.
Nicole Shanahan Social Media Accounts
Nicole Shanahan’s Twitter account is under the username “NicoleShanahan” where she currently has 709 followers. However, she has not been active on this account since 2017.
Nicole also has an Instagram account. It, however, is kept private for now.
Nicole Shanahan Wikipedia Facts
| Real Name / Full Name | Nicole Shanahan |
| Birthday / Date of Birth | 1989 |
| Age | 33 |
| Zodiac Sign | |
| Born Country | U.S |
| Nationality | American |
| Ethnicity | (Asian) Chinese, Indonesian |
| Parents | Under Review |
| Profession | Attorney, Businesswoman |
| Education (High School / College / University) | The University of Puget Sound, Santa Clara University School of Law |
| Marital Status | Divorced |
| Spouse | Sergey Brin |
| Child | 1 Daughter |
| Net Worth | $12 Million |
| Social Media (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook) |
