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Meet Lauren Sánchez, Jeff Bezos’ glamorous girlfriend – the TV anchor-turned-helicopter pilot once starred in Fight Club and even bagged an Emmy award for her reporting

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his girlfriend, Lauren Sánchez. Photo: AFP
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his girlfriend, Lauren Sánchez. Photo: AFP

  • Sánchez, who was featured in People’s ‘50 Most Beautiful’ issue in 2010, once hosted So You Think You Can Dance and worked for entertainment news channel Extra
  • The billionaire Amazon founder’s partner is passionate about flying and even launched her own aerial filming company, Black Ops Aviation, in 2016

Jeff Bezos may be among the richest and perhaps most polarising multibillionaires in the world, but one person loves him dearly … his long-time partner Lauren Sánchez.

The 51-year-old news anchor and pilot has been thrust into the limelight due to her roller coaster romance with the Amazon founder. It all started when she was caught in the US$38 billion divorce between Bezos and his ex-wife MacKenzie Scott in 2019. Only a day after the ultra-expensive divorce had been finalised, the National Enquirer published intimate details of Bezos’ relationship with Sánchez.
Let’s take a look at the life of the woman who is dating one of the world’s richest people
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Her early life and education

Lauren Sánchez, Jeff Bezos’ partner, is a qualified helicopter pilot. Photo: Laurensanchez.com
Lauren Sánchez, Jeff Bezos’ partner, is a qualified helicopter pilot. Photo: Laurensanchez.com

Sánchez was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico to flight instructor and mechanic Ray Sánchez and Eleanor Sánchez, who also has a pilot’s license. She went on to follow in her parents footsteps, becoming a qualified helicopter pilot and later even launching her own aerial filming company, Black Ops Aviation, the first female-owned aerial film and production company.

Lauren Sánchez launched her own aerial filming company, Black Ops Aviation. Photo: Laurensanchez.com
Lauren Sánchez launched her own aerial filming company, Black Ops Aviation. Photo: Laurensanchez.com

Sánchez also has two siblings – a brother named Michael and a sister named Elena. The TV-anchor-turned-entrepreneur always showed a keen interest in communications and media. At the El Camino College in Torrance, California, she even made it to the dean’s list and wrote for the university newspaper The Warwhoop, according to IMDB. She then attended the University of Southern California, where she majored in communications, setting her off into the media world.

Rising up the ranks in TV

Lauren Sánchez’s TV career includes stints at KCOP-TV, Extra and Fox Sports Net. Photo: @laurenwsanchez/Instagram
Lauren Sánchez’s TV career includes stints at KCOP-TV, Extra and Fox Sports Net. Photo: @laurenwsanchez/Instagram

Sánchez began her career as a desk assistant at KCOP-TV in LA. In a matter of a few years, she became a TV anchor and reporter for KTVK-TV in Phoenix, and then later joined Extra a move that catapulted her to national television. A sports-lover by her own admission, she then went on to work for Fox Sports Net where she was nominated for an Emmy award for her work with sports magazine Going Deep. In 1999, she made it back to KCOP-TV as the anchor for their UPN 13 News.