Billionaire Jeff Bezos proposes to 53-year-old Lauren Sanchez

One of the richest people on the planet, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos proposed to his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez, whom he has been dating for the past five years.

The couple is in the south of France for the Cannes Film Festival, where they attend celebrity parties aboard Bezos’ $500 million yacht Koru. A mermaid reminiscent of Lauren Sanchez adorns the prow of the ship, which cuts through the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. It’s unclear when this polished wood sculpture with gold trim became part of the vessel’s design, the Daily Mail writes, but the yacht was commissioned in 2018, a year before Bezos and Sanchez’s romance became known to the general public.

Bezos and his girlfriend flew to Europe in a private jet and were first spotted on the deck of a superyacht over the weekend. The other day, rumors spread that the 53-year-old Sanchez was seen with a diamond ring on her ring finger. And now sources have confirmed: 59-year-old Jeff Bezos made the same offer. And the massive heart-shaped engagement ring he gave to his chosen one is reportedly adorned with a 20-carat diamond.

According to celebrity news portal Page Six, the first people to know about their engagement were those present at the elite Vanity Fair party during the Cannes Film Festival. One of the eyewitnesses said about Bezos and his girlfriend: “They are in love with each other. I mean, they are always affectionate, but here they couldn’t tear themselves away from each other.”

Jeff Bezos and former TV journalist, Emmy Award winner, and now philanthropic fan Lauren Sanchez first made their relationship public in 2019 . Since the couple began dating, they have kept the details of their life together under seven locks, except for the fact that they fell under the scopes of cameras together at various events. Part of the desire to keep a low profile was due to the fact that the billionaire’s divorce from his former wife continued.

On the day the National Enquirer published material about the new passion of the billionaire, Bezos and his wife posted a statement on Twitter that they were breaking up.

Recall that Bezos was previously married to Mackenzie Scott for 25 years, with whom he has four common children. Their divorce was called the most expensive in history – Mackenzie received about $ 38 billion in “compensation”, which made her the third richest woman in the world. She received a 25% equity stake in Amazon, but Bezos retained voting control of about 20 million shares she owns. And the ex-wife of the billionaire promised to give most of the capital received to charity. She then married Seattle science teacher Dan Jewett, but that marriage ended in September 2022.

Yes, and Sanchez has three children from a previous relationship. She was married to Hollywood agent Patrick Whitesell for 13 years, but divorced him in the same 2019 (she had two children in this marriage – Ella and Evan). She also has a 21-year-old son, Nikko, with former NFL player Tony Gonzalez. By the way, Nikko, as well as Tony Gonzalez and his current wife, joined Bezos and Sanchez during the announcement of their engagement.

Last year, Bezos and Sanchez gave CNN their first joint interview at their home in the US capital, in which they talked about their philanthropic work aimed at strategically distributing the billionaire’s vast wealth for various purposes.

When the conversation turned to their philanthropic efforts, Sanchez told CNN they make “really great teammates,” adding with a laugh that they can also be “a little boring.”

And Bezos described Lauren as “the most generous, most generous person you’ve ever met” and said she was “inspiring.”

Sanchez was the co-host of the morning television show Good Day in Los Angeles from 2011-2017. She also starred in several films.

Jeff Bezos is considered the third richest person in the world with a fortune estimated at $140 billion. The billionaire who created Amazon is also the founder of the space company Blue Origin and was on board the Blue Origin New Shepard rocket that flew to and from space in 2021. The flight theme is not alien to his chosen one – behind Lauren Sanchez is the experience of a former helicopter pilot. In 2016, she founded Black Ops Aviation, the first woman-owned aerial photography company. Not only that, the billionaire’s girlfriend told CNN that she, too, plans to go into space in the coming years. According to her, “a great group of women” will join her. The romantic relationship between Lauren and Jeff began while working on a project for Blue Origin.