Nicole Shanahan

Nicole Shanahan
Born
Nicole Ann Shanahan

(1985-09-26) September 26, 1985 (age 39)
Placer County, California, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Puget Sound (BA)
Santa Clara University (JD)
Political partyIndependent (2024–present)
Other political
affiliations		Democratic (until 2024)
Spouses
Jeremy Kranz
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(m. 2014; div. 2015)​
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(m. 2018; div. 2023)​
Children1

Nicole Ann Shanahan (born September 26, 1985)[1] is an American attorney specializing in Silicon Valley. She was Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s running mate in his 2024 independent presidential campaign.

Born in California, Shanahan graduated from the University of Puget Sound and the Santa Clara University School of Law.[2] Before law school, she worked as a paralegal and then as a patent specialist at the defensive patent aggregator RPX Corp.[2][3] She was a fellow at Stanford Law School's CodeX, Stanford Center for Legal Informatics.[4][5][6]

Shanahan married Google co-founder Sergey Brin in 2018; they separated in 2021 and divorced in 2023.[7][8][9] She reportedly has a net worth over $1 billion, primarily as a result of her marriage to Brin.[10] In 2019, she established a private foundation, Bia-Echo, that promotes research to lengthen the human reproductive lifespan.[11][12]

In March 2024, Kennedy named Shanahan as his running mate in his presidential campaign.[13] Shanahan has questioned the scientific consensus on vaccine safety and efficacy.[13][14][15]

  1. ^ Jacobson, Louis (March 26, 2024). "No, Nicole Shanahan wouldn't be the youngest vice president in history". PolitiFact. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
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  9. ^ Price, Rob; Langley, Hugh (June 17, 2022). "Court filings reveal details of Google cofounder Sergey Brin's divorce from his wife, attorney Nicole Shanahan". Business Insider.
  10. ^ Grind, Kirsten (May 22, 2024). "A Running Mate's History: $1 Billion, Cocaine, a Fling With Elon Musk". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
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  13. ^ a b Astor, Margaret (March 26, 2024). "3 Things to Know About Nicole Shanahan, R.F.K. Jr.'s Running Mate". The New York Times.
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  15. ^ Robins-Early, Nick (March 26, 2024). "Nicole Shanahan: from philanthropist lawyer to RFK Jr's running mate". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved April 3, 2024.