Editing Sergey Brin (section)

==Personal life==
[[File: Sergey Brin, Web 2.0 Conference.jpg|thumb|Brin in 2005 at the [[Web 2.0]] Conference]]

Brin was raised Jewish, but is not religious.<ref>{{cite web |first=Nate |last=Bloom |title=Jews in the News: Diane Von Furstenburg, Michael Kors and Barbara Hershey |website=Tampa Jewish Federation |date=September 10, 2013 |url=https://www.jewishtampa.com/jews-in-the-news/jews-in-the-news-diane-von-furstenburg-michael-kors-and-barbara-hershey |quote=Brin’s Jewish parents left the former Soviet Union in 1979, tired of the anti-Semitism which had impeded their respective academic careers and despairing of the prospects for their son. Brin wed biologist Wojcicki in 2007 and the couple now have two children. Neither Brin nor Wojcicki (whose mother is Jewish) are religious, but they did have some Jewish touches at their secular wedding: a chuppah-- and Brin stepped on a glass |access-date=November 5, 2019 |archive-date=November 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105023447/https://www.jewishtampa.com/jews-in-the-news/jews-in-the-news-diane-von-furstenburg-michael-kors-and-barbara-hershey |url-status=live }}</ref>{{better source needed|date=December 2024}}

In May 2007, Brin married [[Biotechnology|biotech analyst]] and entrepreneur [[Anne Wojcicki]] in [[the Bahamas]].<ref name="WP">{{cite news | first = Amy | last = Argetsinger | author2 = Roberts, Roxanne | title = Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts&nbsp;– Oprah Winfrey's Degrees of Communication at Howard | newspaper = [[The Washington Post]] | date = May 13, 2007 | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/12/AR2007051201168.html | access-date = October 20, 2007 | archive-date = August 21, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110821233857/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/12/AR2007051201168.html | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Anne Wojcicki Marries the Richest Bachelor | publisher = Cosmetic Makovers | url = http://cosmetic-makeovers.com/2007/05/18/anne-wojcicki-marries-the-richest-bachelor | access-date = October 20, 2007 | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071028080241/http://www.cosmetic-makeovers.com/2007/05/18/anne-wojcicki-marries-the-richest-bachelor | archive-date = October 28, 2007}}</ref> They had a son in late 2008 and a daughter in late 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inc.com/magazine/201206/liz-welch/the-way-i-work-anne-wojcicki-23andme.html|title=The Way I Work: Anne Wojcicki, 23andMe|work=Inc.com|date=May 29, 2012|access-date=March 16, 2013|archive-date=March 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301033930/http://www.inc.com/magazine/201206/liz-welch/the-way-i-work-anne-wojcicki-23andme.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2013, it was announced that Brin and his wife were living separately after Brin had an extramarital affair with a [[Google Glass]] colleague.<ref>Liz Gannes, [http://allthingsd.com/20130828/google-co-founder-sergey-brin-and-23andme-co-founder-anne-wojcicki-have-split "Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin and 23andMe Co-Founder Anne Wojcicki Have Split"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828222539/http://allthingsd.com/20130828/google-co-founder-sergey-brin-and-23andme-co-founder-anne-wojcicki-have-split/ |date=August 28, 2013 }}, All Things Digital, August 28, 2013</ref><ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/Business/google-founder-divorce-latest-costly-ceo-split/story?id=20143307 Alan Farnham, "Google: Men Apparently Do Make Passes At Girls Who Wear Glasses"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327103945/https://abcnews.go.com/Business/google-founder-divorce-latest-costly-ceo-split/story?id=20143307 |date=March 27, 2019 }}, ABC News, September 3, 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2014/04/sergey-brin-amanda-rosenberg-affair|title=Sergey Brin and Amanda Rosenberg: Inside the Google Co-Founder's Romance with the Google Glass Marketing Manager|first=Vanessa|last=Grigoriadis|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=March 12, 2014|access-date=April 24, 2018|archive-date=October 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026214338/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2014/04/sergey-brin-amanda-rosenberg-affair|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2015, Brin and Wojcicki finalized their divorce.<ref name="Grigoriadis">{{Cite news|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2014/04/sergey-brin-amanda-rosenberg-affair#~o|title=Sergey Brin and Amanda Rosenberg:&nbsp;Inside the Google Co-Founder's Romance with the Google Glass Marketing Manager|last=Grigoriadis|first=Vanessa|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|access-date=August 10, 2018|archive-date=October 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026214338/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2014/04/sergey-brin-amanda-rosenberg-affair#~o|url-status=live}}</ref>

On November 7, 2018, he married [[Nicole Shanahan]], a [[legal technology|legal tech]] founder.<ref name=BI220617/> They have a daughter, born in late 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/googles-sergey-brin-has-been-married-to-the-founder-of-a-legal-tech-startup-since-2018/articleshow/71430460.cms|title=Google's Sergey Brin has been married to the founder of a legal tech startup since 2018|website=Business Insider|last=Leskin|first=Paige|date=October 3, 2019|access-date=April 10, 2020|archive-date=December 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223005422/https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/googles-sergey-brin-has-been-married-to-the-founder-of-a-legal-tech-startup-since-2018/articleshow/71430460.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> Brin and Shanahan separated on December 15, 2021, and Brin filed for divorce on January 4, 2022.<ref name=BI220617>{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/google-cofounder-sergey-brin-nicole-shanahan-divorce-court-filings-2022-6|url-access=subscription|title=Court filings reveal details of Google cofounder Sergey Brin's divorce from his wife, attorney Nicole Shanahan|last1=Price|first1=Rob|last2=Langley|first2=Hugh|date=June 17, 2022|website=[[Business Insider|Insider]]|access-date=June 17, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220617141324/https://www.businessinsider.com/google-cofounder-sergey-brin-nicole-shanahan-divorce-court-filings-2022-6|archive-date=June 17, 2022}}</ref> In summer 2023, the divorce was finalized.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Davis O’Brien |first=Rebecca |date=February 12, 2024 |title=Meet the Woman Who Helped Pay for That R.F.K. Super Bowl Ad |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/12/us/politics/nicole-shanahan-rfk-super-bowl-ad.html |access-date=February 18, 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> The ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' reported that a reason for the breakup was a "brief affair" in 2021 between Shanahan and [[Elon Musk]], but these allegations have been denied and the article has since been retracted.<ref> Mishra, Stuti (July 26, 2022). "Who Is Nicole Shanahan? Meet the woman at the centre of the Elon Musk-Sergey Brin saga". The Independent.</ref> 

Brin's mother, Eugenia, has been diagnosed with [[Parkinson's disease]]. In 2008, he decided to make a donation to the [[University of Maryland School of Medicine]], where his mother has received treatment.<ref>{{cite news|title=Google Co-Founder Has Genetic Code Linked to Parkinson's|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/technology/19google.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin|access-date=September 18, 2008|work=The New York Times|first=Miguel|last=Helft|date=September 19, 2008|archive-date=December 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213084840/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/technology/19google.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin|url-status=live}}</ref> According to ''Forbes'', Brin has donated over $1&nbsp;billion to fund research on the disease.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dolan |first=Kerry A. |date=December 9, 2022 |title=Google Cofounder Sergey Brin Has Quietly Donated More Than $1 Billion Toward Parkinson's Disease |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2022/12/09/exclusive-google-cofounder-sergey-brin-has-quietly-donated-more-than-1-billion-toward-this-one-specific-disease/?sh=67e3eaea4d59 |work=[[Forbes]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209120553/https://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2022/12/09/exclusive-google-cofounder-sergey-brin-has-quietly-donated-more-than-1-billion-toward-this-one-specific-disease/ |archive-date=December 9, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Brin and Wojcicki, although separated, jointly ran The Brin Wojcicki Foundation until 2014. Since then, Brin has used the Sergey Brin Family Foundation and a donor-advised fund for his philanthropic giving.<ref name="dynamodata">{{cite web |last=Maria |first=Di Mento |date=February 13, 2023 |title=The Philanthropy 50 |url=https://www.philanthropy.com/article/the-philanthropy-50/?sra=true#id=details_432_2022 |access-date=February 26, 2024 |website=Chronicle of Philanthropy}}</ref> They donated extensively to [[The Michael J. Fox Foundation]] and in 2009 gave $1&nbsp;million to support the [[HIAS|Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society]].<ref name=hias />

Brin is a donor to [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] candidates and organizations, having donated $5,000 to [[Barack Obama]]'s [[Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign|reelection campaign]] and $30,800 to the [[Democratic National Committee|DNC]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.opensecrets.org/search?q=sergey+brin&type=donors|website=Open Secrets|title=OpenSecrets|access-date=March 11, 2019|archive-date=March 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327101159/https://www.opensecrets.org/search?q=sergey+brin&type=donors|url-status=live}}</ref> Brin attended the [[second inauguration of Donald Trump]], sitting alongside Donald Trump supporters and other tech moguls.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Levitz |first=Eric |date=2025-01-31 |title=Why big tech turned right |url=https://www.vox.com/politics/397525/trump-big-tech-musk-bezos-zuckerberg-democrats-biden |website=Vox |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2025 |title=The Notable Attendees – and No-Shows – at Trump's Inauguration |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2025-01-20/who-attended-trumps-inauguration-the-billionaires-and-far-right-leaders-who-gathered-at-the-swearing-in |work=U.S. News}}</ref>