'Google co-founder Brin orders sale of Musk investments after an affair with Nicole Shanahan'

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Google co-founder Sergey Brin instructed his advisers to sell his personal investments in Elon Musk's companies in recent months after learning that he had a brief affair with his wife according to the Wall Street Journal.

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Musk, the co-founder of Tesla Inc., had an alleged liaison in early December in Miami with Nicole Shanahan the Journal said

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That ended the long friendship between Musk, 51, and Brin, who helped support the electric carmaker during the 2008 financial crisis.

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Musk is the world’s richest person with a $242 billion fortune, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Brin is the eighth-wealthiest, with a net worth of $94.6 billion.

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Brin, 48, filed for divorce from Shanahan in January.

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The size of Brin’s personal investments in Musk’s companies isn’t known, and it’s unclear whether there have been any sales, the newspaper said.

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Musk’s affair with Shanahan took place in December at Art Basel in Miami, and Musk at another event asked Brin for forgiveness, according to the Journal

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Brin and Shanahan are currently negotiating a settlement, with Shanahan seeking more than $1 billion, the Journal said

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