Nicole Shanahan
American entrepreneur and attorney (born 1985) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nicole Ann Shanahan (born September 26, 1985)[1] is a Silicon Valley lawyer who is currently Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s running mate in his 2024 independent presidential campaign.
Nicole Shanahan | |
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Born | Nicole Ann Shanahan (1985-09-26) September 26, 1985 (age 38) |
Education | University of Puget Sound (BA) Santa Clara University (JD) |
Political party | Independent (since 2024) |
Other political affiliations | Democratic (until 2024) |
Spouses | |
Children | 1 |
Born in California, Shanahan graduated from the University of Puget Sound and the Santa Clara University School of Law.[2] Before law school, Shanahan 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 was married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin from 2018 to 2023.[7][8][9]
She established a private foundation, Bia-Echo, in 2019. The foundation promotes research to lengthen the human reproductive lifespan.[10][11]
In March 2024, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. named Shanahan as his vice presidential running mate.[12] Shanahan has questioned the scientific consensus on vaccine safety and efficacy.[12][13][14]