Elon Musk Reportedly Had Affair With Wife of Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin

• Elon Musk had an affair with Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s wife, according to the Wall Street Journal.
• Brin and Nicole Shanahan divorced in January of this year, shortly after Brin learned of the affair, the report states. 
• Brin, a longtime friend of Musk, has pulled investments from the Tesla CEO’s various companies in recent months. 

Elon Musk was reportedly involved in a romantic affair last fall with the wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, a long-time friend of Musk and a Tesla investor, the Wall Street Journal reported. 

The affair allegedly prompted Brin’s divorce from Nicole Shanahan in January, WSJ reported. According to court filings, the two cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for the split and the filings were submitted just weeks after Brin learned of the affair, according to the Journal. 

A source close to the matter told the Journal that the relationship between Musk and Brin has been strained in recent months, and Brin instructed his financial advisers to sell his investments in the Tesla CEO’s various businesses. Brin formerly invested $500,000 in Tesla in 2008. 

Sources told the Journal that at the time of the affair — which reportedly began in December 2021 in Art Basel in Miami — Brin and Shanahan were separated, but still living together.

The sources said Brin and Shanahan were encountering difficulties in their marriage at the time, largely tied to stressors connected to COVID-19 and caring for their 3-year-old daughter. 

The affair also allegedly started when Musk and his girlfriend, Grimes, were broken up. Grimes and Musk have two children, including most recently a daughter who was born via surrogate the same month of the affair. 

The news comes after a particularly tumultuous few months for Musk in both…