Lauren Sánchez is an American news anchor and entertainment reporter who has a net worth of $30 million. In 2019, Sánchez made headlines after beginning a relationship with Jeff Bezos. Lauren was previously married to Patrick Whitesell. Lauren married Patrick in 2005. The couple reportedly split sometime in 2018. Patrick is one of the two main partners of agency WME, which owns the UFC, as well as agencies IMG and Endeavor. Patrick Whitesell’s net worth is over $300 million thanks to his stake in the agency.

Outside of her love life, Lauren has had a successful career as a news anchor, TV personality and occasional actress. She is probably best known for her various appearances on the show The View. In addition, she was a former co-host of Good Day LA. Many entertainment fans also know her as the presenter and correspondent of “Extra”. Sánchez has also appeared on a number of other shows in the past, such as Larry King Live, The Joy Behar Show, and Showbiz Tonight.

Sánchez has frequently been cited as one of the most beautiful women in entertainment, with particular attention paid to her body. Aside from her various duties as a presenter and presenter, Lauren is also quite active behind the camera. In 2016, she founded her own aerial film and production company called Black Ops Aviation. Sánchez is a licensed helicopter pilot.

Lauren Wendy Sánchez was born on December 19, 1969 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Lauren Sánchez developed a strong interest in aviation at an early age, which is mainly due to her father’s work as a flight instructor. She spent much of her childhood in hangars watching various pilots and airplanes. Her father’s hobby was converting old airplanes and she became interested in this passion when she was a young girl.

Although she was born in New Mexico, Lauren later attended El Camino College in California. During her college years, she became deeply involved in journalism, contributing to the college newspaper, and eventually earning a scholarship to the University of Southern California. There she majored in communications and did an internship at a local news station. Sánchez eventually graduated with a degree in communications.

After an internship at a local news station in Los Angeles, Lauren Sánchez graduated and immediately began working as a host and reporter at a CBS affiliate in Phoenix. After that she got a job as a reporter at “Extra”, the well-known entertainment show. Then Sánchez changed course again, turned to sports journalism and was hired by Fox Sports Net. It was during this time that she received her second Emmy nomination while hosting shows like Going Deep. During this time she also served as a reporter for FSN’s Best Damn Sports Show Period.

By the late ’90s, Sánchez was ready to return to the mainstream news world, and she received an Emmy Award for her work at UPN 13 News. During this time she appeared in a number of shows, most notably The View. She ended up coming second in that show. In 2005, her career took another big step forward when she became the new host of So You Think You Can Dance. However, she left the show after a single season to spend more time with her first child.

Over the next few years, Sanchez rose to prominence through appearances on shows such as Good Day LA and Extra. Additionally, Lauren has taken on a significant number of acting roles in films such as Fight Club, The Day After Tomorrow, The Longest Yard, and Ted 2. It’s worth noting that in each and every one of those roles, she’s played something of a news reporter.

Lauren has played the role of a reporter in all of the films.

Lauren’s first notable relationship was with former NFL tight end Tony Gonzalez. This relationship resulted in Lauren’s first child. However, Gonzalez and Sánchez eventually went their separate ways, and Lauren married Patrick Whitesell in 2005. Whitesell is a well-known Hollywood agent and a founding partner of Endeavor Holdings, Inc. He is also one of the two principal partners of another agency called WME. Both Endeavor and WME own a sizeable stake in the UFC, which has proven to be a hugely popular venture. Thanks to the success of the UFC, Patrick’s net worth is over $300 million.

Sánchez and Whitesell had two children together, the last of whom was born in 2008. However, the marriage ended in divorce. Around this time, Lauren was rumored to be having an affair with Jeff Bezos. After the divorce was finalized, Sánchez officially became Bezos’ girlfriend.

On January 9, 2019, Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos announced that he and his wife MacKenzie, of whom he was married for 25 years, had separated and filed for divorce. Later that same day, it was reported that Lauren could be the reason for Jeff and MacKenzie’s split. Sources reported that Bezos and Sanchez may have been secretly dating for a year. Bezos even hired Sanchez, who is a helicopter pilot, to do aerial photography for his space exploration company Blue Origin. Jeff Bezos apparently announced his divorce after learning that the Trump-affiliated National Enquirer planned to publish a tell-all story about the couple, which also included photos.

In 2019, Jeff Bezos claimed that publisher American Media, Inc. tried to blackmail him over his alleged affair with Sánchez. In a well-publicized blog post, he laid out the details of that incident, although no criminal or civil charges have been filed as of 2021.

In 2006, Patrick and Lauren paid two $11 million for a Beverly Hills mansion. In 2017, they paid $4.5 million for the vacant lot next door to expand their garden. This lot was previously owned by the late director Tony Scott, who bought it in 2003 for $800,000. Tony’s widow sold the property to a real estate developer for $2.85 million, who then sold it to the Whitesell/Sanchezes for $4.8 million. That’s a $2 million gain for owning the property for ONE WEEK. Patrick and Lauren must really want to own it!

In November 2021, it was reported that Bezos and Sánchez had bought a “sprawling” estate in Hawaii together. Located on the shore of Maui in La Perouse Bay, the property was previously owned by the co-founder of a major energy company. The private transaction was completed between Bezos and this individual for $78 million. The home itself sits on a 14-acre lot, and the main residence is 4,500 square feet. There is also a separate guest house that stretches over 1,700 square feet. In addition, the property has a 700 square meter pool. The main house features an outdoor kitchen, teak deck, waterfall and stunning ocean views. Another highlight is a private white-sand beach.