The romance between Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and the world's second richest man, with his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez has become a hot topic. Who is Lauren Sanchez?
This is the latest photo that Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez posted on Instagram. It seems that the two have always been in a relationship since 2019. Jeff Bezos is a widower with a fortune in the range of USD 177 billion. Lauren Sanchez is also a widow.
Lauren Sanchez was born December 19, 1969 in New Mexico, meaning he is currently 52 years old. He is a former presenter and reporter at the United States television station.
Lauren Sanchez is known to hold a pilot's license. He often pilots helicopters, including most recently when he drove Jeff Bezos to the airport in California.
Sanchez according to sources is a sweet woman, but also a "social climber". He likes to show off, once covered by a television station showing how much of a collection of shoes and clothes he has.
He is third generation of American and Mexican descent, raised in Alburqueque. In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Lauren admitted that she comes from an ordinary family.
Lauren has posted several photos of Jeff Bezos alone on his Instagram account. Sanchez's Instagram currently has around 148,000 followers.
His career began to climb when he moved to California and became a presenter on several television shows such as Showbiz Tonight, Fox 11, and Good Day LA.
Sanchez married in 2005 in a luxurious event attended by famous stars such as Matt Damon, Ben Affleck to Hugh Jackman. Previously, Sanchez was dating television actor Henry Simmons.
He is known to own a video company called Black Ops Aviation. Well, Bezos hired this company to record Amazon events so they became close. The ex-husband is also a friend of Bezos.
Sanchez and Bezos have reportedly been in an illicit relationship since June 2018. Long before they announced their divorce from their respective partners. The two of them are reported to meet secretly very often, even 3 times a week.
Bezos' lawyer said the relationship with Sanchez only formed after splitting with MacKenzie. But the media Enquirer believes that Bezos is cheating behind MacKenzie.
But whatever happened in the past, now they seem very happy. Wherever they are seen, they are always together until they are commented on by netizens.
Recently, the two of them were seen visiting a cafe at an airport in the California area, with several colleagues. They continued to be together, laughing and holding hands.
Last December, they had a luxurious year-end vacation on the island of St Barts on a cruise with friends. Then some time ago, they rode a canoe together. In all that togetherness, Jeff Bezos and Sanchez have always been affectionate.
Bezos has retired as CEO of Amazon. No wonder he had more free time for fun even though he was still busy taking care of the spaceship business at the Blue Origin company.
"It's refreshing that a billionaire is dating a woman the same age as him. Good luck, they look happy," one netizen commented.
"You can say whatever you want about Jeff Bezos and Sanchez, but they sure look happy together," said another.