Elon Musk allegedly had affair with Google co-founder's spouse: Report

Tech mogul Elon Musk allegedly had an affair with the spouse of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, ending their yearslong friendship, in keeping with a report.

The alleged affair occurred final yr on the Artwork Basel pageant in Miami, shortly after Musk's cut up from his girlfriend Grimes, sources informed the Wall Avenue Journal, including that Musk acquired on one knee at a celebration earlier this yr to apologize and beg for forgiveness. Brin acknowledged the apology, however the former mates are usually not talking recurrently to one another, per the sources cited within the report printed on Sunday.

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Brin is in divorce proceedings with Nicole Shanahan, citing "irreconcilable variations" in a court docket submitting. The brand new report claims Brin filed for divorce a number of weeks after studying of the affair. The 2 had been married for practically 4 years and have one daughter collectively.

Musk and Brin had been longtime mates previous to the affair. Musk mentioned he used to crash at Brin's Silicon Valley home for years. Brin gave Musk's electrical automotive firm Tesla $500,000 in the course of the 2008 monetary disaster. He additionally had giant investments in Tesla however has since requested his monetary advisers to promote them off, in keeping with the Wall Avenue Journal.

After publication, Musk responded to a tweet of the report with a denial. "That is whole bs," Musk mentioned. "Sergey and I are mates and had been at a celebration collectively final evening! I’ve solely seen Nicole twice in three years, each occasions with many different individuals round. Nothing romantic."

A lawyer for Brin declined to remark, the report famous, whereas Musk and a consultant for Shanahan didn't reply to requests searching for remark as of press time. The Washington Examiner additionally reached out to Tesla and Brin for remark.

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The 2 billionaires are thought to be two of the ten richest individuals on Earth, with Musk being the richest at a web price of $253.4 billion, in keeping with Forbes. Brin is tenth on the checklist, with $89.9 billion.

Musk's private life has gained growing public scrutiny in current months amid his public battle with a Twitter acquisition he's now making an attempt to finish. A current Enterprise Insider report discovered that Musk secretly had twins with Neurolink government Shivon Zillis.