Is Nicole Shanahan From Singapore? Asian Parents and Chinese Family Background

Nicole Shanahan had spent her time in Singapore in the past for education purposes. But, she is not originally from the country.

In 203, Shanahan studied Chinese law and international IP trade at the “National University of Singapore.” 

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For only a year, Shanahan learned different things about trade in Singapore. She studied International Trade of IP (TRIPS/ACTA/TPP), Global Exploitation of IP policies, and Chinese Law and Development.

Shanahan spent most of her life in Oakland. Her company is also based in California.

Nicole Shanahan holds an American nationality. She is of Chinese origin.

The renowned businessman was born in California, United States, in 1989. She is 37 years old. 

Shanahan married Google co-founder and American business magnate Sergey Brin in 2018. They met and dated for two years and have a daughter born in late 2014.

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According to the sources, Brin and Shanahan were having marital issues at the time, mostly brought on by tensions related to COVID-19 and taking care of their 3-year-old daughter. Her relationship with Musk is said to have begun after the breakup between him and Grimes, his girlfriend.

Nicole Shanahan’s parents are Asians of Chinese heritage. Her parents immigrated to the USA some years before she was born.

According to a source, Shanahan’s father and mother split when she was young. As a result, she was raised by a strong single mother.

Nicole hasn’t, however, made her parents’ names public on the internet. Due to her low-income household and the absence of a father, her family first experienced great hardship.

However, Shanahan studied hard and established herself as an attorney and then as an entrepreneur. She graduated from the University of Puget Sound with a bachelor’s degree in Asian studies with a focus on economics and Mandarin Chinese in 2007.

Nicole Shanahan is an independent legal practitioner. She is an established businesswoman who currently serves as the President of the Bia-Echo Foundation.

According to her LinkedIn profile, she has a degree in studies from the World Trade Organization. She studied global IP trade and Chinese law at the National University of Singapore in 2013. Similarly, Shanahan graduated from Santa Clara University School of Law with a Juris Doctorate in high-technology law, intellectual property, and litigation.

Elon Musk had an affair with his friend Google co-founder Sergey Brin‘s wife Nicole Shanahan, @WSJ reports.

Sergey Brin previously helped Musk with a $500,000 investment after Tesla almost went bankrupt in 2008. pic.twitter.com/kYIDIIGnc3

— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) July 24, 2022

After completing her education, Shanahan started her career as an IP Paralegal at Aeon Law. She also worked for big companies like Rutan & Tucker, RPX Corporation, and ClearAccessIP.

In July 2014, she joined CodeX as a fellow, and six years later, she became the President of the Bia-Echo Foundation. 

Nicole also worked as a researcher, and the focus of her work was on the transaction cost theory by Ronald Coase. In her paper “Coasean Mapping,” she makes predictions concerning the type and rate of society’s adoption of artificial intelligence for law and administration.

As of 2022, Shanahan has an estimated net worth of $50 Million.