Elon Musk allegedly had an affair with Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s spouse

Elon Musk reportedly engaged in a quick affair with the spouse of his longtime good friend, Google co-founder, Sergey Brin. This led to the couple submitting for divorce earlier this 12 months.

Elon Musk (L), Google co-founder Sergey Brin and his spouse, Nicole Shanahan (R). (Image credit: Twitter)

Elon Musk reportedly engaged in a quick affair with the spouse of his longtime good friend Sergey Brin, prompting the Google co-founder to file for divorce from entrepreneur Nicole Shanahan earlier this 12 months.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Musk and Brin had been shut mates till the affair. The relationship between the 2 tech billionaires began getting bitter after Brin realized that Nicole had an affair with Musk.

Brin filed for divorce in January citing “irreconcilable differences”, and said that he and Shanahan had been separated since December 15, 2021.

The couple bought married in 2018.

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Musk’s affair with Shanahan befell in December at Art Basel in Miami and at one other occasion, Musk requested Brin for forgiveness, the Journal additional reported.

Brin and Shanahan are at the moment negotiating a settlement, with Shanahan looking for greater than $1 billion regardless that there is a prenuptial settlement.

The affair is the most recent in a string of revelations about Musk’s private life. Reports earlier this 12 months stated he grew to become the daddy to twins born to a senior govt at his synthetic intelligence startup Neuralink.

Musk is the world’s richest individual with a $242 billion fortune, based on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Brin is the eighth-wealthiest, with a web value of $94.6 billion.

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