Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin To Sell Tesla Stock After Musk Affair: Here's How Much He'll Likely Make

The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday evening that Elon Musk had an affair with Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s wife Nicole Shanahan, prompting Brin to file for a divorce. Musk took to Twitter, the most expensive app on his phone, to dispute the claims, saying he was just at a party with Brin.

Either way, assuming the Wall Street Journal’s reporting is valid, Brin told his financial advisors to sell any investments in Elon Musk’s companies. Brin gave Musk about $500,000 during the 2008-2009 financial crisis while Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) was having troubles. Brin also made an investment in Tesla in 2006.

According to Markets Insider, Brin’s exact stake in Tesla is unclear. Because he doesn’t own 5% of the company, his stake isn’t disclosed on certain filings. But, even if you assume he got in at the IPO price (and he got in before), his $500,000 investment would be worth well over $100 million today.

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Currently, Brin is ranked as the ninth-richest man in the world according to the Forbes Billionaire Index. Musk is ranked as the richest. I guess if the story about Musk’s alleged affair is true, at least Brin is able to walk away with some cash from his Tesla investment.

He co-founded Google in 1996 with Larry Page. Brin served as the president of Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) is Google’s parent company before stepping down in 2019.

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