Who Is Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos' To-Be-Wife? TV Presenter-Pilot Weds Amazon Boss In Venice
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Jeff Bezos will marry Lauren Sanchez, a TV presenter and founder of Black Ops Aviation. Sanchez, vice chair of the Bezos Earth Fund, got engaged to Bezos in May 2023.
Jeff Bezos And Lauren Sanchez Wedding: US tech billionaire Jeff Bezos is set to marry TV presenter Lauren Sanchez; it's the wedding that everyone is talking about. The million-dollar party in Venice has caused quite a stir.
Born in New Mexico in 1969, Sánchez studied at El Camino College and later the University of Southern California. According to her alma mater's website, at the time, she was known as Wendy Sánchez.
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Sánchez earned her helicopter pilot's license at 40, a passion sparked by her father, a flight instructor. She went on to found Black Ops Aviation in 2016, becoming the first female-owned aerial film production company.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the company consulted on Christopher Nolan's 'Dunkirk."
'I had my job, I had a career, and then I found a calling," she told the publication. 'I loved entertainment and I loved filming, and so I got to combine all of it."
She also serves as vice chair of the Bezos Earth Fund, and is dedicated to 'fighting climate change and the protection of nature, as well as early childhood education, programming, and housing support," according to the fund's website.
In 2025, Sánchez was one of the six female passengers who were launched to the edge of space by Bezos' Blue Origin NS-31 rocket for a brief, 10-minute journey.
The 55-year-old also authored a children's book, 'The Fly Who Flew to Space," published in English and Spanish in 2024. The book tells a story of a fly named Flynn who travels to space and returns with a newfound commitment to the planet – a narrative Sánchez described to People as 'a metaphor for curiosity and the pursuit of dreams."
Personal Life
Sanchez has three children: a son born in 2001 with former NFL player Tony Gonzalez and two with her ex-husband, Hollywood agent Patrick Whitesell.
Sanchez reportedly met Bezos after her company, Black Ops Aviation, was contracted to film for Blue Origin.
Sánchez and Bezos, 61, went public with their relationship in 2019 after Bezos announced his divorce from his wife of 25 years, MacKenzie Scott. A few months later, Sanchez also filed for divorce from Whitesell. The pair got engaged in May 2023.
In the summer of 2023, the couple announced their engagement and threw a star-studded party on Bezos' yacht on the Amalfi Coast in Italy.
In January, Sánchez accompanied Bezos at US President Donald Trump's second inauguration. During the ceremony, the couple were seated next to Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.
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