Meet Lauren Sánchez. The television journalist and helicopter pilot is responsible for not only upgrading Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ look from tech nerd to rap star but also influencing the magnate to pledge billions to fight climate change. With Bezos’ ear, and access to his fortune, all eyes are on the American media personality
Anyone who chanced upon Jeff Bezos’ selfies aboard a luxury yacht in St Barts in December would have been forgiven for doing a double take.
In mirrored heart-shaped shades and a gaudy $1000 silk shirt so tight it might have been tattooed on the 58-year-old’s torso, the Amazon founder looked more like US rapper Pitbull than the one-time monobrowed tech nerd who achieved global domination in a pair of high-waisted beige chinos.
But it was the stunning brunette wrapped around him on the 27-metre boat, Tender To – which costs no less than $55,000 a week to charter – who completed the new look. In a backless, cutaway metallic 1970s jumpsuit that left little to the imagination, Lauren Sánchez disco-danced into 2022.
As well she might. After all, if magazine were to publish a Most Powerful Partners issue, this 52-year-old media personality would be at the top of the list.
