Google founder Brin filed for divorce again, 600 billion wealth may be divided – yqqlm

On June 18, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, the sixth-richest man in the world, Filed for divorce from wife of three years, became the third super-rich to divorce in as many years. Earlier, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (Jeff Bezos) and Microsoft founder Bill Gates (Bill Gates) have announced their divorce.

▲ Brin and Shanahan

Court documents show that Brin this monthirreconcilable differences, filed a petition to dissolve the marriage to Nicole Shanahan. The couple, who has a three-year-old son, have taken steps to keep details of the divorce private, asking the court to seal the documents “Due to the high profile of their relationship, there could be significant public interest in their divorce case and any potential child custody issues. ” the documents in Santa Clara, Calif., show.

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Brin, 48, has $94 billion (about 630 billion yuan) personal wealth, mainly from his holdings in Google. In 1998, he co-founded Google with Larry Page, which was later restructured into the holding company Alphabet. Both he and Page left Alphabet in 2019, but they remain on the board and remain controlling shareholders.

This isn’t Brin’s first divorce. In 2015, Brin and Anne Wojcicki, co-founder of the genetic technology company 23andMe, announced their divorce.

Monica Mazzei, a partner at San Francisco law firm Sideman & Bancroft LLP, believes Brin and Shanahan may have signed a prenup because their relationship began long after Brin became a billionaire of. However, with the case being handled by a private judge, “we will never know the details of the divorce”.