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Lauren Sanchez may be famously known as Jeff Bezos' girlfriend or the ex-partner of NFL Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez. But she has had a well-known career path of her own.
She is currently worth $30 million due to her past career endeavors in the entertainment industry as well as her entreprenuer experience by owning her own production company.
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Her ex-husband Patrick Whitesell's net worth is around $350 million and her former partner Tony Gonzalez's NFL and broadcast career has netted him an estimated $25 million.
As a licensed helicopter and airplane pilot, she is hands on when it comes to running Black Ops Aviation. Her business, which is the first female-owned aviation production company, works with major motion pictures and television shows to create some of the best aerial shots.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has been in a relationship with Sanchez since 2020. Bezos is worth $124 billion due to his fortune from the company as well as other business ventures. Since this relationship, she has been involved in decision-making and philanthropy work that he is connected to.
In a recent joint interview with the couple on CNN, she announced that she will be going up in one of Bezos' space shuttles in 2023 with an all-female crew, the first mission with only women.
Lauren Sanchez's career timeline
Sanchez began as a desk assistant at Los Angeles' KCOP-TV and was also an anchor and reporter in Phoenix when she was hired by EXTRA for their show.
Later, she was hired by FOX Sports Net to be an entertainment reporter and was nominated for an EMMY award for her work. Throughout her career, she has co-hosted "The View" and had a tryout to become a permanent host. She was also the first host of FOX's hit competition show "So You Think You Can Dance".
Sanchez is also a licensed pilot and in 2016, started her own business called Black Ops Aviation, making her the first female to own an aerial film and production company.
She and Tony Gonzalez have a 21 year old son named Nikko. After her relationship with Gonzalez, she married talent agent Patrick Whitesell, and they had two children: Evan and Ella. The two divorced in 2019 and she began dating Jeff Bezos in 2020.
