Nicole Shanahan

Extracted Attributes

• Education

  University of Puget Sound (BA), Santa Clara University School of Law (JD)

• Key Views

  Questioned scientific consensus on vaccine safety and efficacy

• Net Worth

  Over $1 billion

• Occupation

  Attorney, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist

• Date of Birth

  1985-09-26

• Place of Birth

  Placer County, California, U.S.

• Previous Roles

  Paralegal, Patent Specialist at RPX Corp., Fellow at Stanford Law School's CodeX, Stanford Center for Legal Informatics

• Political Affiliation (until 2024)

  Democratic Party

• Political Affiliation (2024-present)

  Independent

Timeline

• Born in Placer County, California, U.S. (Source: Wikipedia, Wikidata, Web Search)

  1985-09-26

• Graduated from Santa Clara University School of Law. (Source: Web Search)

  2014

• Started ClearAccess IP, a company using AI to streamline the patent process. (Source: Web Search)

  2014

• Married Jeremy Kranz. (Source: Web Search)

  2014

• Divorced Jeremy Kranz. (Source: Web Search)

  2015

• Married Google co-founder Sergey Brin. (Source: Wikipedia, Summary)

  2018

• Established the Bia-Echo Foundation, promoting research to lengthen human reproductive lifespan and supporting other causes. (Source: Wikipedia, Summary)

  2019

• Separated from Sergey Brin. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2021

• Divorced Sergey Brin. (Source: Wikipedia, Summary)

  2023

• Named Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s running mate for his 2024 presidential campaign. (Source: Wikipedia, Summary)

  2024-03-26

• Changed political affiliation from Democratic Party to Independent. (Source: Web Search)

  2024

• Speculation about potentially running for governor of California. (Source: Related Documents)

  Unknown

Nicole Shanahan

Nicole Ann Shanahan (born September 26, 1985) is an American attorney and entrepreneur working in Silicon Valley. She was Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s running mate in his 2024 presidential campaign. Born in California, Shanahan graduated from the University of Puget Sound and the Santa Clara University School of Law. Before law school, she worked as a paralegal and then as a patent specialist at the defensive patent aggregator RPX Corp. She was a fellow at Stanford Law School's CodeX, Stanford Center for Legal Informatics. Shanahan married Google co-founder Sergey Brin in 2018; they separated in 2021 and divorced in 2023. She reportedly has a net worth over $1 billion, primarily as a result of her marriage to Brin. In 2019, she established a private foundation, Bia-Echo, that promotes research to lengthen the human reproductive lifespan. In March 2024, Kennedy named Shanahan as his running mate in his presidential campaign. Shanahan has questioned the scientific consensus on vaccine safety and efficacy.

Web Search Results

• Nicole Shanahan

  Nicole Ann Shanahan (born September 26, 1985)( is an American attorney and entrepreneur working in Silicon Valley. She was Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s running mate in his 2024 presidential campaign. [...] | Nicole Shanahan | | --- | | Image 4_(cropped).jpg) Shanahan in 2024 | | Born | Nicole Ann Shanahan (1985-09-26) September 26, 1985 (age 39) Placer County, California, U.S. | | Education | University of Puget Sound (BA) Santa Clara University (JD) | | Political party | Independent (2024–present) | | Other political affiliations | Democratic "Democratic Party (United States)") (until 2024) | | Spouses | Jeremy Kranz ​ ​ (m.2014; div.2015)​ Sergey Brin ​ ​ (m.2018; div.2023)​ | | Children | 1 | [...] What links here Related changes Upload file Permanent link Page information Cite this page Get shortened URL Download QR code Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikimedia Commons Wikidata item Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia American entrepreneur and attorney (born 1985)

• 55 Things You Need to Know About Nicole Shanahan - POLITICO

  Shanahan is a 2014 graduate of Santa Clara Law School in Silicon Valley. The school focuses on the intersection between technology and the law. Around the time of her graduation she started ClearAccess IP, a company that used artificial intelligence to streamline the patent process. 14. --- While in law school Shanahan also spent time abroad studying intellectual property and Chinese law at the National University of Singapore. 15. --- [...] Raised on welfare in a single-parent household in Oakland, California, the daughter of a Chinese immigrant, Shanahan went from a successful career as a patent lawyer and entrepreneur to marrying into uber-wealth after meeting Google co-founder Sergey Brin at a yoga festival. The two divorced in 2022, amid reports that she had had an affair with Brin’s friend and fellow tech titan, Elon Musk. (Shanahan and Musk deny the allegations.) [...] Here, compiled from her public remarks, profiles and her own philanthropic activity is the definitive primer on Nicole Shanahan. 1. -- Shanahan was raised in Oakland. She told People Magazine that she lived through “times of chaos” during childhood. Her father struggled to find work and suffered from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Her mother emigrated from Guangzhou City in the 1980s, a beneficiary of China’s “Open Door Policy.” 2. --

• Nicole Shanahan, ex-RFK Jr. running mate, seeds attempt ...

  Nicole Shanahan, the Silicon Valley philanthropist who helped fund Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential campaign and served as his running mate, has a new

• Nicole Shanahan

  Politics Arts Nation World Economy Science Health Education Education #### Get news alerts from PBS News ##### Turn on desktop notifications? # Nicole Shanahan Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Nicole Shanahan greet people as she becomes the vice presidential candidate of Kennedy, in Oakland, California., U.S., March 26, 2024. Photo by Laure Andrillon/Reuters Politics Mar 26 By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press Politics Mar 26 [...] FILE PHOTO: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. rally in Tucson Shanahan leads Bia-Echo Foundation, an organization she founded to direct money toward issues including women’s reproductive science, criminal justice reform and environmental causes. By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press Support Provided By: Learn more web ad ### Educate your inbox Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else. Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm. [...] BDO BNSF Railway Consumer Cellular Raymond James Viewers Like You Friends of the News Hour © 1996 - 2025 NewsHour Productions LLC. All Rights Reserved. PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Sections About Stay Connected Subscribe to Here's the Deal with Lisa Desjardins Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm. ## Support our journalism Support for News Hour Provided By BDO BNSF Railway Consumer Cellular Raymond James Viewers Like You

• Inside the Life of Nicole Shanahan, RFK Jr.'s Running Mate

  Kirsten Grind is an investigative business reporter writing stories about companies, chief executives and billionaires across Silicon Valley and the technology industry. A version of this article appears in print on May 23, 2024, Section A, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: Turbulence in ‘Fairy Tale’ Life Of Running Mate for Kennedy. Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe [...] In recent weeks, Ms. Shanahan has largely scrubbed her social media feeds, two people familiar with her and the Kennedy campaign said. Her social accounts are now populated with shots of herself without makeup at a farmers’ market as well as wearing Western gear and posing with rifles in Texas with Mr. Strumwasser. In the past, her feeds showed her dressed up for high-end events and posing for selfies. [...] In 2021, she paid more than $200,000 for a lifestyle photographer to take her photos for a San Francisco Magazine article called “Nicole Shanahan Is Fighting the Good Fight,” according to documents viewed by The Times. Ms. Shanahan was photographed in the country with horses, talking about her goals of creating a healthy and livable planet.

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• Gender

  female

• Educated At

  University of Puget Sound

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Occupation

  lawyer

• Citizenship

  United States

• Date Of Birth

  9/26/1985

• Place Of Birth

  Placer County