Inside the Scandalous Life of Jeff Bezos’ Soon-to-Be Wife Lauren Sánchez—Untold Secrets, Shocking Past Romances, Lavish Spending Sprees, and the Wild Truth About Her Meteoric Rise to Power! Hollywood Insiders Expose What Really Draws the Billionaire to Her—And the Jaw-Dropping Details No One Saw Coming!

Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos are set to marry on June 27 in Venice, Italy

Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos in 2025.Credit : Neilson Barnard/Getty

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ accomplishments are vast, but so are those of his soon-to-be wife, Lauren Sánchez.

She is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and former news anchor. She spent six years as a co-host of Fox’s Good Day LA while simultaneously working toward her pilot’s license. In April 2025, she joined Blue Origin’s NS‑31 mission — the first all-female spaceflight — alongside Katy Perry and Gayle King.

Bezos and Sánchez went public with their relationship in 2019 after the entrepreneur announced his divorce from his wife of 25 years, MacKenzie Scott. The pair eventually got engaged in May 2023, and their wedding festivities will take place from June 26 to 28 in Venice, Italy.

The helicopter pilot was formerly married to top Hollywood talent agent Patrick Whitesell for 14 years. The exes, who finalized their divorce in 2019, share two children: Evan and Ella. Sánchez is also a mom to son Nikko, whom she welcomed with NFL player Tony Gonzalez.

So, who is Jeff Bezos’ future wife? Here’s everything to know about Lauren Sánchez and her relationship with the billionaire.

She attended El Camino College in California

Lauren Sanchez in 2010.Jason Merritt/Getty

Sánchez attended El Camino College in Torrance, Calif., in the early ’90s, where she wrote for the school newspaper. According to her alma mater’s website, her peers knew her as Wendy Sánchez.

She had a long career in television

Lauren Sanchez in 2025.Mike Marsland/WireImage

Los Angeles TV audiences might be familiar with Sánchez through her work as a former co-host on Fox’s Good Day LA from 2011 to 2017. She also appeared on Extra as an entertainment reporter.

In 2005, Sánchez became the original host of the dancing competition series So You Think You Can Dance, but left the show after one season to have her second child. She has also appeared as a guest co-host on The View and appeared in feature films such as The Longest Yard, The Day After Tomorrow, Fight Club and Ted 2.

She’s a pilot who flies helicopters for movies

Lauren Sanchez.Lauren Sanchez Instagram

Sánchez earned her helicopter pilot’s license in June 2016 and founded Black Ops Aviation, an aerial film and production company, a year later.

She specializes in aerial filming and served as a consultant on Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

“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.”

Sánchez told THR she regularly flies with her kids.

“I want to be in a helicopter all the time,” she said. “Life can be so chaotic with so much going on. Lift off and you’re in an energy space that no one else is in. It’s calming. When I’m up there, I’m completely satisfied. I’m like, ‘This is where I need to be.’ ”

The pilot was also hired to film aerial shots for Bezos’ company Blue Origin, according to Page Six.

She was married to Patrick Whitesell from 2005 to 2019

Lauren Sanchez and Patrick Whitesell in 2013.Jeff Vespa/WireImage

Whitesell and Sánchez married in 2005 and announced their separation in January 2019. They filed for divorce in April 2019 and reached a settlement within the same calendar year.

“Over the last two or three years, their marriage felt more like a business relationship,” a source told PEOPLE at the time. “They both were doing their own thing.”

She has three children

Patrick Whitesell, Lauren Sanchez and their two children in 2011.Kevin Winter/Getty

Whitesell and Sánchez welcomed two children during their marriage. Their son, Evan, was born in June 2006, while their daughter, Eleanor “Ella” Patricia, arrived in January 2008.

Sánchez also shares son Nikko with Gonzalez.

In June 2025, a source told PEOPLE that Nikko and Gonzalez will be in attendance at her wedding to Bezos. Sánchez is reportedly “super close” to Gonzalez’s wife, October, who will also reportedly be at the nuptials.

She wants the world to see Bezos the way she does

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez in 2022.David M. Benett/Dave Benett/WireImage

In January 2022, Sánchez shared a tribute to Bezos on her social media platforms for his 58th birthday, saying, “If I had one wish for you on this 58th time around the sun, it would be that the world will see you through my eyes.”

She added that while most people know him for his brilliance, she sees his heart.

“They don’t see the man who puts everything aside to help a sick friend, but my eyes do,” Sánchez wrote. “They don’t see the man who wakes up early every morning to make breakfast for the kids so they can laugh and talk about life and science and how to make this world a better place—my eyes do.”

In a Wall Street Journal Magazine interview published in January 2023, Sánchez spoke about the side of Bezos that most people don’t get to see. “He’s really funny,” she said, adding, “He makes me laugh all the time. He can be goofy.”

Sánchez also said the billionaire has a very distinct laugh, explaining, “If I’m at a party and we get separated, all I have to do is wait a second and he laughs and it’s like, he’s over there.”

Her brother sued Bezos

Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos in 2024.MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty

While Sánchez is quiet about her personal life, court documents show her older brother, talent manager Michael Sánchez, sued Bezos and security consultant Gavin de Becker in February 2020 after they claimed to the press that Michael had leaked “graphic, nude photographs” of the billionaire.

Bezos and de Becker’s claims came in response to a story by The National Enquirer that shared personal text messages between Sánchez and Bezos, outing their relationship.

Michael claimed the fallout from Bezos’ comments had the consequence of “alienating him from his family and professional colleagues” and that he was only working with the Enquirer to control the narrative for his sister, not to leak salacious photos.

But, Sánchez has claimed her older brother was in the wrong.

“He secretly provided my most personal information to the National Enquirer – a deep and unforgivable betrayal. My family is hurting over this new baseless and untrue lawsuit, and we truly hope my brother finds peace,” she said in a statement through her lawyer.

In November 2020, a Los Angeles County Superior Court court threw out the suit, citing lack of evidence, per Business Insider. In March 2021, the court ordered that Michael must pay $218,385 to Bezos, plus an additional $36,000 in legal costs.

In 2022, the California Court of Appeals upheld the ruling that Michael’s defamation claim was based on inadmissible hearsay.

She got engaged to Bezos in May 2023

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez in 2024.Kevin Mazur/MG24/Getty

Four years after they publicly started dating, Bezos proposed to Sánchez, a source confirmed to PEOPLE.

The two were spotted on vacation together in the South of France and were enjoying their time on the billionaire’s $500 million yacht, where Sánchez was spotted with a ring on her finger.

“Her friends are thrilled Jeff finally popped the question,” a source told PEOPLE. “They have been talking about it for a long time. All of her friends say this is her dream come true. She found the man she wants to spend the rest of her life with and they felt the time was right.”

The insider added: “He has all the money in the world and what was missing was someone to share it with and everybody on both sides is very happy.”

During an interview with Vogue in November 2023, Sánchez revealed that she has every intention of taking Bezos’ name once they’re married.

“Uh, yes, 100 percent. I am looking forward to being Mrs. Bezos,” she told the outlet.

She wrote a children’s book

‘The Fly Who Flew to Space’ by Lauren Sánchez.Collective Book Studio

On Sept. 10, 2024, Sánchez published The Fly Who Flew to Space, which tells the story of Flynn the little fly who takes an exciting (and unexpected) journey to space aboard a rocket.

“I’ve had this idea for a long time,” she told PEOPLE. “Flynn goes up and gets to see the world, and then comes down and realizes that he really wants to help save the planet. [The book] is certainly a metaphor for curiosity and the pursuit of dreams.”

She and Bezos attended Trump’s 2025 inauguration

Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk at Donald Trump’s inauguration in 2025.SAUL LOEB/POOL/AFP via Getty

Sánchez and Bezos traveled to Washington, D.C., for Donald Trump’s second inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025.

During the ceremony, which took place inside the Capitol Rotunda, they were seated next to Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.

She’s set to marry Bezos in June 2025

Jeff Bezos And Lauren Sanchez are seen ahead of their wedding on June 25, 2025 in Venice, Italy.Ernesto S. Ruscio/GC Images

Bezos and Sánchez are set to get married in a black tie wedding ceremony, a source told PEOPLE. The event is expected to take place on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore off of Venice between the 26th and 28th of June.

A source confirmed to PEOPLE that Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Karlie Kloss and Joshua Kushner were all on the wedding guest list.

In addition, Kris Jenner, Kim Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian, Oprah Winfrey, Gayle King, Tom Brady, Orlando Bloom, Corey Gamble and Diane von Furstenberg were all spotted in Venice ahead of the nuptials.