Lauren Sanchez is a simple girl, only that she sails for weeks at a stretch aboard the $500 million megayacht Koru during the summers, with a wardrobe brimming with designer labels like Chanel and Gucci. Even a $75 million helicopter-carrying support vessel, Abeona, trails her wherever she goes. Yet, she is also the granddaughter of a restaurant manager who once served coffee for nickel tips and remains grounded, staying true to her roots.
On the Today Show on Wednesday, she shared a glimpse of her relatability, revealing that, like any other bride, the Emmy-award-winning journalist, engaged to the world’s third-richest man, Jeff Bezos, worth $214 billion, has a Pinterest board brimming with wedding inspirations. “I have to say, I do have a Pinterest, I’m just like every other bride, so I do have a Pinterest board,” Sanchez said of her wedding planning. She added, “I’m thinking about the dress.”
Considering that a single transatlantic journey aboard Koru can cost anywhere from $500,000 to $750,000, and that maintaining the colossal yacht costs at least $50 million annually, it’s clear that Sanchez and Bezos spare no expense on their lifestyle, taking numerous such voyages each year. Which begs the question: what could a 54-year-old style icon possibly find on Pinterest that matches the grandeur expected of her wedding?
Bezos, whose divorce from MacKenzie Scott was one of the costliest in history, is now poised to host what will likely be one of the most extravagant weddings the world has ever seen. Despite the sheer opulence of her life, it’s heartwarming to see Sanchez eagerly sharing wedding details.
While the couple enjoys simple pleasures, deciding what to binge-watch on TV, debating over who brews the morning coffee, or sticking to no-phone policies, it’s their grand displays of affection that captivate us.
In 2022, she revealed her plans to travel to space with her girlfriends, a trip that never materialized. Still, it could morph into the ultimate bachelorette adventure, one that only the fiancée of the Amazon co-founder could dream of. Proposing to the author of the children’s book The Fly Who Flew to Space aboard a 416-foot Oceanco megayacht, or adorning the vessel with a wooden figurehead crafted in her likeness, are the kind of gestures that turn their love story into a fairy tale.
According to The Sun, the grand celebration is drawing closer as the power couple plans a winter wonderland wedding in Aspen this Christmas. “They’re sparing no expense in creating a white Christmas affair,” an insider revealed.
The wedding promises to be an extravagant, star-studded event featuring the who’s who of Hollywood and global business. Let’s wait and see which side of their personalities takes center stage at the wedding, the grounded or the grandiose.