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May 22, 2023 | 2:20 p.m
Amazon chief Jeff Bezos and his girlfriend, Lauren Sanchez, are engaged, an insider close to the couple tells Page Six EXCLUSIVELY.
The couple is currently in the south of France for the Cannes Film Festival, hitting the star-studded party circuit while staying on his $500 million yacht with a Sanchez-like nymph gracing the front.
Rumors have been swirling for months that the pair are set to wed, mostly due to speculation that Sanchez, 53, is wearing a huge heart-shaped ring.
The 59-year-old billionaire and broadcast journalist are inseparable since they started dating in 2018.
News broke that they were a couple in 2019, but the duo kept a low profile until he got divorced from his wife of 25 years, Mackenzie Scott.
Sanchez, who traveled the world with Bezos during their adventure, said in November 2022 that she plans to follow in the Blue Origin founder’s footsteps and go into space.
“It’s going to be a large group of females,” she said of the potential flight crew.
While the former news anchor said Bezos wouldn’t be joining her on the trip, she gushed about him in a Wall Street Journal interview in January. magazine.
“He is so happy, he inspires me every day, he makes me a better person every day; he is the most loving human being I know,” she told the media.
She also paid tribute to the businessman in a beautiful birthday party in January.
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“Happy birthday to the man of my dreams, who lights up my world with his laughter and kind heart,” she wrote on Instagram.
“You have shown me that there is no great love that is not fought for bravely. Thank you for always being by my side and for being the most loving and supportive partner.”
Page Six EXCLUSIVELY revealed that Bezos and Sanchez were dating just days after he and his ex-wife announced their divorce in January 2019.
Sanchez was, at the time, estranged from Hollywood talent mogul Patrick Whitesell.
Sanchez and Whitesell, 58, have two children together: Ella, 15, and Evan, 16.
She also shares 22-year-old son Nico with former NFL player Tony Gonzalez.
Scott, 53, who shares four children with Bezos, was awarded $38 billion in the divorce settlement, with half pledged to charity.
The settlement made her the world’s third richest woman with 25 percent of the exes’ joint stock in Amazon, though Bezos maintained voting control of nearly 20 million shares.
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Bezos – who has a net worth of $139 billion – has also maintained his interests in The Washington Post, which he bought in 2013, and his space company, Blue Origin.
Scott tweeted at the time that she was “grateful to end the ‘dissolution’ process with the support of each other,” adding that she was “happy to give.” [Bezos] All of my interests in The Washington Post and Blue Origin, 75% of Amazon stock as well as voting control over my stock support his continued contributions to the teams of these amazing companies.”
She married teacher Dan Jewett in March 2021, but the couple split less than two years later.
While Scott and Bezos reportedly didn’t have a copy in advance, the novelist likely protected her assets the second time around, an expert told Business Insider in October 2022.
However, the details of the potential prenuptial agreement have not been announced.
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