Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday that his running mate for his Independent presidential bid is Nicole Shanahan, a Silicon Valley lawyer, philanthropist and political donor.
Shanahan, 38, is best known for being the former wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin. They married in 2018 and share a young daughter, Echo. They filed for divorce in January 2022 and finalized their divorce in 2023.
She is the founder of the Bia-Echo Foundation, which invests in innovation, reproductive longevity, equality and criminal justice reform. Her work includes the Center for Reproductive Longevity and Equality at the Buck Institute on Aging. Shanahan was also the founder of ClearAccessIP, a patent management company using AI, which was acquired by IPwe in 2020 for an undisclosed amount. Additionally,