Who Is Sergey Brin's Ex-Wife? All About Nicole Shanahan

Sergey Brin and Nicole Shanahan were married for over three years before their divorce was announced in 2022.

The Google co-founder filed for a dissolution of marriage from Shanahan, an attorney and philanthropist, in June 2022, according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE.

The two first started dating in 2015, the same year Brin finalized his divorce from his first wife Anne Wojcicki, and eventually tied the knot in 2018, as reported by Business Insider. The couple welcomed a daughter later that year.

Shanahan later made headlines after the Wall Street Journal reported that she was involved in a "brief affair" with Elon Musk last fall. Both Shanahan and Musk have since denied the affair.

The Tesla founder and father of 10 responded to the WSJ article on Twitter, writing, "This is total bs. Sergey and I are friends and were at a party together last night!" In another post, he wrote, "I've only seen Nicole twice in three years, both times with many other people around. Nothing romantic."

Shanahan's attorney, Bryan Freedman, responded to the report on her behalf, saying in a statement to PEOPLE, "Make no mistake, any suggestion that Nicole [Shanahan] had an affair with Elon Musk is not only an outright lie but also defamatory."

In July 2023, Shanahan opened up about her split exclusively to PEOPLE, calling the process "a long journey."

Learn more about Shanahan ahead with these facts.

She's an attorney

Shanahan is a California-based attorney. Per her LinkedIn profile, she specializes in criminal justice reform as well as "improving marriage contracts such that they promote healthy domestic partnerships."

She started her own foundation

According to her bio on Stanford Law, Shanahan is the founder and president of Bia-Echo Foundation, which is described as "a private foundation that aims to invest in changemakers at the forefront of innovation who are tackling some of the world's greatest challenges: reproductive longevity & equality, criminal justice reform and a healthy & livable planet."

She is also the founder and CEO of ClearAccessIP, "an automated patent management and valuation platform," per her LinkedIn profile.