Amazon founder Jeff Bezos engaged to girlfriend Lauren Sanchez: report

News of their engagement came after Bezos proposed to Sanchez on his $500 million superyacht, the Mirror reported.

The couple is currently in France for the Cannes Film Festival where they are joining the star-studded party circuit.

As per the report, rumors have also been circulating for months that the couple is set to tie the knot, mostly due to speculations about the heart-shaped ring Sanchez Worn.

Bezos and LaurenA former broadcast journalist, they started dating each other in 2018. Bezos and Sanchez They made their relationship public on July 14, 2019, when they attended the Wimbledon Men’s Singles Final together, sitting just three rows across from Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge.

Sanchez worked as an entertainment reporter and news anchor. After Bezos split from his ex-wife Mackenzie Scott, with whom he was married for 25 years and has four children. Sanchez later obtained his helicopter pilot’s license and started Black Ops Aviation, a firm dedicated to aerial photography. She serves as the vice chair of the Bezos Earth Fund, an organization that was started by Bezos and is dedicated to preventing climate change and preserving the environment.

According to Page Six, McKenzie received $38 billion in the divorce settlement, half of which was donated to charity. The settlement made her the world’s third-richest woman, who owned 25 percent of Amazon’s pre-combined stock, although Bezos retained voting control of about 20 million of her shares.

Sanchez, on the other hand, said in November 2022 that she intends to follow in the footsteps of the Blue Origin founder and travel to space.

“It will be a great group of women,” she said of the voyage’s potential crew.

She was previously married to Patrick Whitesell with whom she has two children, Ella and Evan. She also shares son Nikko, 22, with former NFL player Tony Gonzalez, reported Page Six.

(With inputs from ANI)