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Sergey Brin and Nicole Shanahan

Google co-founder. 2018–2021.

The shortest marriage on this site, settled behind closed doors.

TL;DR

Married November 7, 2018. Separated December 15, 2021. He filed on January 4, 2022, and it was final in 2023. (Wikipedia: Sergey Brin)
Property was decided by confidential binding arbitration under a written agreement, with a private judge to keep the case out of view. (The National; Asia Economy)
Wikipedia’s divorce list puts it at $360 million or more. It was his second divorce, after Anne Wojcicki in 2015. (Wikipedia: List of most expensive divorces; Wikipedia: Sergey Brin)

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Sergey Brin and Nicole Shanahan

2018–2021

$360M+

“At least,” per Wikipedia’s divorce list, citing SEC filings. The terms are confidential.

Years: 3
Kids: 1
Per day: $317K
Rank: #17

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The box score

The marriage, scored like a season.

YRS: 3
DAYS: 1,134
KIDS: 1
SET: $360M+
$/DAY: $317K
RK: #17

Advanced stats

Per hour married: $13K
Median U.S. household incomes, per day: 3.8
In $1 bills, stacked: 24 miles

Per-day figures divide the settlement by the days married. Household income: U.S. Census Bureau, Income in the United States: 2024, Sep 9, 2025. $1-bill thickness: Bureau of Engraving and Printing, currency facts (archived).

The receipts

1,134

Days from the wedding to the separation.

(Wikipedia: Sergey Brin)

2

Brin divorces. The first, from 23andMe co-founder Anne Wojcicki, was final in June 2015.

(Wikipedia: Sergey Brin)

1

Private judge, hired so the proceedings stayed sealed.

Two marriages, two divorces

Anne Wojcicki 2007–2015
Nicole Shanahan 2018–2023
20102020

Where it ranks

No. 17 of 46 divorces with a reported price tag.

Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates 2021
$76B
Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scott 2019
$38B
Alec and Jocelyn Wildenstein 1999
$3.8B
Rupert Murdoch and Anna dePeyster 1999
$1.7B
Bill and Sue Gross 2017
$1.3B
Bernie and Slavica Ecclestone 2009
$1.2B
Steve and Elaine Wynn 2010
$1B
Chey Tae-won and Roh Soh-yeong 2024
$1B
Harold Hamm and Sue Ann Arnall 2012
$974.8M
Sergey Brin and Nicole Shanahan 2023
$360M

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Timeline

May 2007
Marries Anne Wojcicki in the Bahamas. (Wikipedia: Sergey Brin)
Jun 2015
That divorce is final. (Wikipedia: Sergey Brin)
Nov 7, 2018
Marries Nicole Shanahan. (Wikipedia: Sergey Brin)
Dec 15, 2021
Separation. (Wikipedia: Sergey Brin)
Jan 4, 2022
He files. (Wikipedia: Sergey Brin)
2023
Divorce final. (Wikipedia: Sergey Brin)

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