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Meet Lauren Sanchez, the former news anchor, pilot, and mother of 3 who's engaged to Jeff Bezos
Meet Lauren Sanchez, the former news anchor, pilot, and mother of 3 who's engaged to Jeff Bezos
Talia Lakritz,Isobel Asher HamiltonJan 15, 2024, 14:52 IST
<p class="ingestion featured-caption">Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez.Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is engaged to Lauren Sanchez, a former news anchor.</li><li>Their relationship became public in 2019 after Bezos announced his divorce from MacKenzie Scott.</li></ul><p>Four years after their relationship was exposed in a 2019 <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-lauren-sanchez-relationship-timeline-photos">tabloid scandal</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-founder-jeff-bezos-and-lauren-sanchez-are-engaged-reports-2023-5">Amazon founder Jeff Bezos</a> and Emmy-winning former news anchor Lauren Sanchez are engaged.</p><p>The couple went public shortly after Bezos and his now-ex-wife, author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, <a target="_blank" rel href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-divorce-mackenzie-bezos-2019-1"><u>announced their divorce</u></a> following 25 years of marriage.</p><p>Here are eight things to know about Sanchez, who turns 54 on December 19.</p>
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Sanchez had a long career as a reporter and news anchor.
Lauren Sanchez speaks at the IWMF Courage in Journalism Awards on October 23.Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for IWMF
She's even played a news anchor in several movies and TV shows.
Lauren Sanchez at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2010.Larry Busacca/Getty Images
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She's a licensed plane and helicopter pilot.
Lauren Sanchez is a licensed pilot.Stefanie Keenan/WireImage
She founded her own aerial filming company.
Lauren Sanchez in 2021.Joe Raedle/Getty Images
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She used to host a dancing reality show.
Competitors on "So You Think You Can Dance."Jason Merritt/FilmMagic/Getty Images
Sanchez was married to Hollywood agent Patrick Whitesell for 13 years.
Patrick Whitesell and Lauren Sanchez in 2011.Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
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Sanchez and Bezos got engaged four years after going public with their relationship.
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
She's the vice chair of the Bezos Earth Fund.
Senator Chris Coons, Lauren Sanchez, and Jeff Bezos attend the ICCF US Congressional International Conservation Leadership Awards Dinner on October 24.Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Bezos Earth Fund