Jeff Bezos is one of the richest people in the world and a pioneer of e-commerce as the founder of Amazon, which has transformed how people shop and consume content. According to Forbes, he’s worth an estimated $230 billion as of June 2025, ranking him fourth globally behind Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, and Elon Musk. Beyond Amazon’s massive ventures, Bezos has set his sights on space exploration through his company Blue Origin.
Now, Bezos is preparing to marry for the second time. The Amazon founder, 61, and Lauren Sánchez, 55, officially confirmed their engagement in May 2023, following nearly five years of dating. In June 2025, they’re set to wed during a lavish, three-day celebration in Venice, complete with celebrity guests, luxury yachts, and high security. But Sanchez won’t be his first wife—Bezos was married for 25 years to MacKenzie Scott, whose support helped shape Amazon’s early success.
Here’s everything to know about Bezos’ first marriage and his upcoming wedding to Sánchez.
Long before Bezos became a household name as the founder of Amazon, he met Scott while they were both working at the hedge fund D.E. Shaw in New York City in 1992. Scott, who interviewed for a research associate role, later recalled it was “love at first listen” when she heard Bezos’s laugh coming from his office, as she told Charlie Rose in a 2013 interview.
The two quickly began dating, got engaged just three months later, and married in 1993. A year after tying the knot, they moved to Seattle so Bezos could launch what would become Amazon.
Scott said she supported his dream from the very start, telling Rose, “What I’m hearing when he tells me that idea is the passion and the excitement, and to me, watching your spouse, somebody that you love, have an adventure—what is better than that? And being part of that, I couldn’t wait to hop in the car!”
After getting married in 1993, Bezos and Scott went on to have four children together: three sons, including their eldest, Preston, born in 2000, and a daughter adopted from China. The couple kept their family life largely private, but in 2021, two of their sons were seen embracing Bezos after his Blue Origin spaceflight.
