Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin, born 21 August 1973 in Moscow, Soviet Union, is the co-founder of Google (1998). His family's escape from antisemitic Soviet Russia in 1979 — when Sergey was six — is one of the foundational stories of his life.
His Parents
Father: Mikhail Brin, born 1948 in Moscow — mathematician; was denied access to graduate physics in the USSR because he was Jewish; emigrated 1979 and became Professor of Mathematics at the University of Maryland.
Mother: Eugenia Brin née Krasnokutskaya, born 1949 — researcher at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
His Brother
Samuel "Sam" Brin, born 1987 — Sergey's younger brother; venture capitalist; co-founder of Tigertail Capital.
His First Wife: Anne Wojcicki
Anne Wojcicki, born 28 July 1973, is the co-founder and CEO of 23andMe (the consumer genetics company, valued at over $1.7 billion in its 2024 reorganisation). Her sister is the late Susan Wojcicki, former CEO of YouTube (1968 – 2024). Anne and Sergey married in May 2007; they separated in 2013, divorced in 2015.
They have two children: Benji Wojin (b. December 2008) and Chloe Wojin (b. 2011).
His Second Wife: Nicole Shanahan
Nicole Shanahan, born 1985, an American legal-tech entrepreneur. She and Sergey married in November 2018; they separated in 2021 and divorced in 2022.
They have one daughter: Echo Shanahan-Brin (b. November 2018).
The Brin Family Tree at a Glance
Parents: Mikhail Brin (b. 1948, Soviet-Jewish mathematician; emigrated 1979); Eugenia Brin née Krasnokutskaya (NASA Goddard scientist).
Brother: Sam Brin (b. 1987).
First Wife: Anne Wojcicki (b. 28 July 1973, 23andMe co-founder); married May 2007, divorced 2015.
Children with Anne: Benji Wojin (b. December 2008); Chloe Wojin (b. 2011).
Second Wife: Nicole Shanahan (b. 1985); married November 2018, divorced 2022.
Child with Nicole: Echo Shanahan-Brin (b. November 2018).
Sergey Brin:
- Born 21 August 1973, Moscow, USSR
- Family emigrated to United States, 1979 (Sergey age 6)
- Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Greenbelt, Maryland
- University of Maryland (B.S. Computer Science & Mathematics, 1993)
- Stanford University (M.S. Computer Science, 1995; PhD left incomplete)
- Co-founded Google with Larry Page, September 1998
- President of Alphabet Inc. (2015–2019)
- Returned to active role at Google focused on Gemini AI work, 2023
What the Brin Family Story Teaches Us
A Soviet-Jewish mathematician father who emigrated with his family in 1979 to escape antisemitism. A scientist mother at NASA. A younger brother born in the US fourteen years after the older brother. Two marriages, two divorces, three children with two different mothers. From a Moscow apartment to Silicon Valley.
For every family — large or small, famous or otherwise — the Brin story carries the same lesson. Refugee migration in a single generation transforms a family's entire trajectory. The Brins' 1979 emigration is the single most important entry on the family tree. Write down the moves that forced your family across borders. They reshaped everything that came after.
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