{"id":1158104,"date":"2022-07-25T12:38:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T12:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/25\/musk-denies-affair-with-google-co-founders-wife\/"},"modified":"2022-07-25T12:38:25","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T12:38:25","slug":"musk-denies-affair-with-google-co-founders-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/25\/musk-denies-affair-with-google-co-founders-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk denies affair with Google co-founder’s wife"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tesla boss Elon Musk has denied having an affair with Nicole Shanahan, the wife of Google co-founder, Sergey Brin.<\/p>\n

Mr Musk\u2019s comments came after the Wall Street Journal reported that his friendship with Mr Brin had ended over the alleged affair.<\/p>\n

Replying to a link to the story posted on Twitter, Mr Musk referred to the report as \u201ctotal bs\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mr Musk went on to say that he is still friends with Mr Brin and that they were \u201cat a party together last night!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Citing people familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal said that Mr Musk was engaged in a brief affair late last year with Ms Shanahan.<\/p>\n

This prompted Mr Brin to file for divorce earlier this year and ended the long friendship between the two high-profile technology billionaires, the paper also said.<\/p>\n

But Mr Musk tweeted \u201cI\u2019ve only seen Nicole twice in three years, both times with many other people around. Nothing romantic\u201d.<\/p>\n

At the time of the alleged affair in December, Mr Brin and his wife were separated but still living together, the Wall Street Journal said, citing a person close to Ms Shanahan.<\/p>\n

In a separate tweet, Mr Musk said \u201cWSJ [Wall Street Journal] has run so many bs hit pieces on me and Tesla I\u2019ve lost count.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even though they have a prenuptial agreement, Mr Brin and Ms Shanahan are currently negotiating a divorce settlement, which could be as much as $1bn (\u00a3830m), the paper said.<\/p>\n

Ms Shanahan is a California-based attorney and founder of legal technology company ClearAccessIP and the Bia-Echo Foundation, according to her LinkedIn profile.<\/p>\n

The Bia-Echo Foundation is a philanthropic organisation that promotes \u201creproductive longevity & equality, criminal justice reform and a healthy & livable planet\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mr Musk, who is also the boss of rocket firm SpaceX, is currently embroiled in a legal fight over his abandoned plan to buy Twitter for $44bn.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the social media platform sued him after he announced he was walking away from his proposed takeover of the firm.<\/p>\n

Mr Musk is the world\u2019s richest person, with an estimated fortune of more $240bn, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.<\/p>\n

According to the same index, Mr Brin is worth around $95bn, making him the eighth richest person in the world.<\/p>\n

Ms Shanahan, Mr Brin and Google did not immediately respond to BBC\u2019s requests for comment.<\/p>\n

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