Google co-founders, husband and wife, split then comes 'a new romance'
Amid reports of a complicated office romance, Google co-founder Sergey Brin has separated from his wife, biotech entrepreneur Anne Wojcicki.
Sergey Brin and wife Anne: 'Still friends'
A representative for the couple confirmed to the San Jose Mercury News: "Anne and Sergey have been living apart for several months. They remain good friends and partners."
The couple have two children and until recently lived in Los Altos Hills.
Google co-founders Brin and Wojcicki, both 40, are "highly influential figures in the tech industry and also rank among Silicon Valley's biggest donors to charity," said the Mercury News. Neither has filed for divorce.
Brin is one of the world's wealthiest men and, with Google co-founder Larry Page, one of two controlling shareholders in the search giant.
The tech blog All Things D first revealed the separation,saying that unnamed sources said Brin was "romantically involved with an unidentified Google employee."
She has since been named in other reports as Amanda Rosenberg, a 26-year-old Google Glass marketing manager, who moved from London to work for Google and came up with the phrase 'OK Glass'. There is no suggestion that the couple were dating before Brin separated from his wife.
In another twist, All ThingsD reported that a senior Google executive, who previously dated Amanda, is leaving the company.
But All Things D said its sources insist that Android vice president Hugo Barra's departure for a new job is unrelated to Brin's new relationship.
Brin and Wojcicki, signed a prenuptial agreement before they married in 2007 -- at a low-profile ceremony in the Bahamas where both reportedly wore swimsuits.
Like Larry Page, Brin is paid only a $1 a year by Google. But he controls nearly 28 percent of the voting shares in the company and has a personal fortune worth more than $20 billion.