Nicole Shanahan is a successful businesswoman from the United States. She is well-known for being married to American businessman Sergey Brin, who along with Larry Page co-founded Google.
She currently holds the position of President of the Bia-Echo Foundation. It makes investments in people tackling issues like reproductive longevity and equity, criminal justice reform, and a healthy planet in the realm of innovation.
Shanahan gained notoriety after it came to light that she had a relationship with Tesla CEO Elon Musk while she was still married to Brin.
Early Life
Nicole Shanahan, who is now 37 years old, was born on May 14th, 1985 in Oakland, California.
Her mother is a homemaker, and her father is a businessman, according to some accounts.
Shanahan was reared in an impoverished Oakland home by a single mother. Her mother had fled China and immigrated to the United States.
In Oakland, California, Nicole Shanahan finishes high school. She is then accepted to Santa Clara University and The University of Puget Sound, where she pursued a degree. She has a graduate degree.
Career
She is a Stanford Center of Legal Informatics academic fellow. She also started the Smart Prosecution Project there, which is a collaborative initiative of Stanford Law School and Computer Science. Data science is used in the prosecution process, which results in collaborations with district attorneys and neighborhood organizations.
Shanahan has a bachelor’s degree in Asian studies with a minor in economics. She only spent a short time in the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, where she obtained a certificate in World Trade Organization studies.
In the interim, Shanahan worked as an intern at “Georgopolous and Economidis” before joining “Longan Law Firm” as a consultant for its international practice group.
Shanahan studied Chinese law and international intellectual property trading at the “National University of Singapore.” She graduated from the Santa Clara University School of Law with a Juris Doctorate in high-technology law, intellectual property, and litigation, and worked there as an associate and journal editor on computer and high-technology law.
Net Worth
Shannahan’s net worth is estimated to be at $70 million, though it may increase after Brin’s divorce is finalized. Prior to working with the Bia-tech foundation, Nicole Shanahan held positions at a number of notable organizations. Even though we shouldn’t know much about her salary earnings, it is assumed that she has at least five figures in her checking account.
Personal Life
Nicole Shanahan, a Google co-founder, is the ex-wife of Sergey Brin. However, she has much more to her story than just a brief union with a wealthy. They had been married for four years.
Several allegations and sightings suggest that Elon Musk, the owner of Tesla, and Nicole Shanahan were once romantically involved. Numerous accounts confirm that Musk and Brin have been close friends for a very long time.
Despite the 2008 global financial crisis, Brin provided financial assistance to Musk, the seventh-richest person on the planet. During the financial crisis of 2008, Brin loaned Musk’s Tesla $500,000, and Musk later returned the favor by allowing him to be one of the first customers to purchase a Model X in 2015.
