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Originally posted by BBMW:
If they made a deal, we'll likely never know the terms, although there may be some hint is the SEC filings for Amazon.

The joint announcement seems to indicate that they probably made a deal.
I would bet that she gets a bundle, though maybe less than half. At some point, what difference does it make?
She may be the world's wealthiest woman.

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Originally posted by kz1000:
New wife will arrive in 2 days.

LOL!

Talk about Prime

Okay, that's funny! I didn't catch it the first time around.

Negative...He opted for same day drone delivery!!

Jeff Bezos, Newly Divorcing, Now Seeing Lauren Sanchez-Whitesell



Just hours after Jeff Bezos and wife MacKenzie announced they are divorcing after 25 years of marriage, it is now understood that the Amazon founder and CEO has quietly been seeing Lauren Sanchez-Whitesell, wife of WME co-CEO Patrick Whitesell.

News of the new relationship — first reported by Page Six — has been confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter. Lauren Sanchez-Whitesell and Patrick Whitesell married in 2005 and, according to sources, only recently separated. They have two children together, a daughter, born in 2008, and a son, born in 2006. Lauren has another son born in 2001, from her first marriage to former NFL star Tony Gonzalez.

more on above from Fox

his article originally appeared in Page Six.

https://www.foxnews.com/entert...nchor-lauren-sanchez

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos has been secretly having a relationship with Lauren Sanchez, a former TV anchor and the glamorous wife of Hollywood talent mogul Patrick Whitesell.

Sources said that Bezos, 54, and Sanchez, 49, – who also works as a helicopter pilot – got to know each other through her WME/IMG husband Whitesell, one of Hollywood’s most powerful men and agent to stars including Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Kevin Costner, Hugh Jackman, plus a host of other A-listers

Patrick, Lauren and Jeff were even pictured together at a 2016 event for the movie “Manchester By The Sea,” which starred another of Patrick’s clients, Michelle Williams. But sources say Lauren became closer to Bezos after she separated with Whitesell in the fall. Meanwhile Bezos revealed on Wednesday that he and his wife have been going through a “trial separation.”

A exclusive source told Page Six “Patrick and Lauren have socialized with Jeff Bezos and his wife for a few years, because both (now former) couples have houses in Seattle.

“Then Lauren was hired to work on one of Bezos’ projects, ‘Blue Origin’, a space launch company, as a helicopter pilot. She has been shooting aerial shots for Bezos.

“Patrick and Lauren Sanchez have been separated for a while. Their marriage has been off and on for a while, and they tried hard to fix things, but in the fall they officially separated. She had told Patrick that she has been recently seeing Jeff Bezos.”

Sanchez and Whitesell wed in 2005 and have two young children. She also has a teenage son Nikko, from her first marriage, to former NFLer Tony Gonzalez. They have not yet formally filed for divorce.

Lauren, a former co-host on Fox 11’s “Good Day LA,” has been a guest host on ABC’s “The View” and “Extra.” She was also the original host of Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance.” She also runs a company called Black Ops Aviation, which specializes in shooting aerial shots for TV shows, movies and commercials.

A second source told us of Bezos and his wife, “They haven’t been seen together at any big events together in a long time. He always seems to attend alone.”

It is believed Bezos made the divorce announcement on Wednesday believing that photos of himself and Sanchez could soon be made public.

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Negative...He opted for same day drone delivery!!

He must have a thing for frisbees.



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Well, they look artificial to me...

She may not want shares. If their stake is cut in half, it is much less valuable as they exert much less control. A large stake is worth proportionately more than a smaller one. If it would cause him to lose control, it really hurts value. That cat will probably be skinned another way than simply splitting the shares. A judge may not split the stake because doing so will diminish its value.

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What if she just wants the impish nerd back? Minivan, mac'n'cheese for dinner, quiet night on the couch watching PBS nature shows?

i could help her with that

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
This talk about a prenuptial seems moot. They were married well before they became billionaires. Or at least multi-billionaires many times over. I don't believe a prenup can stipulate assets that may or may not be ascertained in the future.

And honestly, any prenup that did say something like that would likely be thrown out by a judge in any case.

None of that is accurate.

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Originally posted by jhe888:

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
This talk about a prenuptial seems moot. They were married well before they became billionaires. Or at least multi-billionaires many times over. I don't believe a prenup can stipulate assets that may or may not be ascertained in the future.

And honestly, any prenup that did say something like that would likely be thrown out by a judge in any case.

None of that is accurate.

Why would anyone, with any knowledge of how Family Law works, even think that it works that way

What's that old signature line? Something like "I expect there will be many assertions about the law in this thread, and most of them will be spectacularly wrong" or something like that?

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Originally posted by 9mmepiphany:

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Originally posted by jhe888:

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
This talk about a prenuptial seems moot. They were married well before they became billionaires. Or at least multi-billionaires many times over. I don't believe a prenup can stipulate assets that may or may not be ascertained in the future.

And honestly, any prenup that did say something like that would likely be thrown out by a judge in any case.

None of that is accurate.

Why would anyone, with any knowledge of how Family Law works, even think that it works that way

So explain it then. Explain how a prenup in this case would apply or in any way give one spouse a majority of the wealth that was accrued during their marriage while leaving the other with practically nothing. They both now are accustomed to a certain lifestyle. I would think such a prenup would fall under a "unconscionable" contracts type situation.

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What's that old signature line? Something like "I expect there will be many assertions about the law in this thread, and most of them will be spectacularly wrong" or something like that?

Yeah well, I've gone through the prenuptial thing, and I'm only going off of the information that my lawyer told me. Some of the things that I suggested be in the contract he advised me against, or slightly modified them, because they could be seen in a future divorce proceeding as unreasonable or unfair--regardless even if my wife read, understood, and signed it--which could then make the whole thing invaild. I would think that stipulating that any wealth that we accrue during our marriage be automatically turned over to me should we ever divorce would probably be considered "unfair" and "unreasonable." No?

So my comments in this thread are not coming completely from left field as I've actually gone through the prenup process.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
So explain it then. Explain how a prenup in this case would apply or in any way give one spouse a majority of the wealth that was accrued during their marriage while leaving the other with practically nothing. They both now are accustomed to a certain lifestyle. I would think such a prenup would fall under a "unconscionable" contracts type situation.

Without knowing the language of the pre-nup how can we even guess.

When you consider what they did in their previous lives, I highly doubt they were financially naive.

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Going from the richest guy in the world to (potentially) "only" the fifth richest guy in the world reminds me of a South Park episode where Britney Spears was forced to fly on a Gulfstream III instead of a V because the boys were downloading music. Of course I don't actively wish him misfortune, but I can't get too excited either. I think he'll get by somehow.

Building a company like Amazon will change a person. Some good, some not. You don't change the world, it changes you.

V.

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She has been shooting aerial shots for Bezos.

I’ll bet she has...

Barely hitting the gym is considered buff these days. Alpha male standards continue to drop.

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Originally posted by darthfuster:
In 1998, just 20 years ago he was worth what most of us are. Now as your meme suggests he can do what he wants. He has F you money. That kind of power in such a short period changes a person. He had F you money ten years ago. Seems he waited 10 years to say it to his wife.

It has changed him. No doubt.
I was thinking about this.... and I'm appreciating my wife and my middle class existence a little bit more.
I mean, if I had a winning lottery ticket in hand I wouldn't burn it in my fireplace, but I wouldn't want to be Jeff Bezos either.
It seems that at some point money just becomes a tool to manipulate people. Bezos seems to be becoming a bit like George Soros, trying to control the world.

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What if she just wants the impish nerd back? Minivan, mac'n'cheese for dinner, quiet night on the couch watching PBS nature shows?

There may be something to that. Maybe she just wants a 'normal' life. Money can make you comfortable but 'F-you money' can separate you from society and make you paranoid.

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Originally posted by SIG4EVA:
Barely hitting the gym is considered buff these days. Alpha male standards continue to drop.

I don't know.

Going from the guy in the 1998 picture to the guy in the 2017 picture takes a bit of work. And he isn't a spring chicken anymore so it's even harder.

Assuming no chemicals were used, and genetics of the individual, it looks like he's put in the work.

https://www.tmz.com/2019/01/10...chez-divorce-affair/

source is TMZ, but here is what they say:

Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos did NOT have a prenuptial agreement so, by all rights, they will split their incredible fortune right down the middle ... sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ.

The couple will file divorce docs in Washington, where community property rules ... translation -- all earnings and income during the marriage are split 50/50.

When the couple married in 1993 -- 6 months after meeting -- Jeff wasn't even a millionaire. He didn't become one until 1997, so dreams of being the richest man in the world were pie in the sky.

The division of assets will be incredibly complicated. Aside from cold hard cash, the former couple is hardcore baronial -- they own 400,000 acres of property, making them 2 of the biggest landholders in the country. Valuing that land is complicated.

As we reported, Bezos is in a relationship with former "So You Think You Can Dance" host Lauren Sanchez, who's estranged from talent mogul Patrick Whitesell. Our sources say Lauren and Jeff started hooking up in the latter half of 2018, after they separated from their respective spouses. Lauren and Patrick are also in the middle of divorcing.

We're also told both Patrick and MacKenzie have known about Jeff and Lauren's relationship. It's still awkward -- Lauren and Patrick were super close to Jeff and MacKenzie for a decade.

Bezos has said his divorce is super amicable.

This is also why I am not married. The risk is too big. With a 60+% divorce rate chances are not on your side and some of us just couldn’t come back, financially, from a divorce. This guy can but he is wealthy. Us common folk not so much.

I don’t care if she is a supermodel, no woman is worth half of what I’ve busted my ass to earn my entire life. I talked to a lawyer about this in regards to a prenup once. He basically said even prenups aren’t ironclad.