The liaison between Google co-founder Sergey Brin and Google Glass marketing manager Amanda Rosenberg reveals the curious culture of office romances amongst the wealthy residents of Silicon Valley. VFArchive
ojcicki, unlike many wives of rich men, wasn’t enthusiastic about collecting art or jewelry, and she argued against buying planes and boats, says the friend of the couple’s. Some say she can be headstrong and withholding of praise, hot to her own ideas and dismissive of others’. Wojcicki is adamant about wanting a “normalized” life, says a source close to her, using the Silicon Valley billionaires’ phrase for “normal.
In addition, Wojcicki and Brin have the means to aid such research, and they have given more than $150 million to the Michael J. Fox Foundation and $7 million to the Parkinson’s Institute.
For the event the Glass team, including Amanda Rosenberg, descended on New York to collaborate with von Furstenberg’s studio. Brin and Wojcicki threw a party at their home in the West Village and Glass’s palette was matched to von Furstenberg’s clothes. On the day of the show, during New York’s Fashion Week, Rosenberg posed with von Furstenberg and Brin for celebratory photos. She posted a picture of herself sitting in the front row, using Glass to record the show.
Around that time, according to the friend, Wojcicki came across messages between Rosenberg and Brin that caused her to feel alarm, and she mentioned her concern to Rosenberg. A few months later, in April, Brin moved out of their estate in Los Altos and into another home that they own nearby. He and Wojcicki maintained a cordial relationship.
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