Jeff Bezos takes vacation time.
Not long after the second richest man in the world announced that he would retire as CEO of Amazon later this year, he and his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez were pictured on a luxury boat in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Bezos – with blue swimming trunks, a short-sleeved shirt and a straw hat – and Sanchez, dressed in a red bikini and a white cover, were photographed on the faint ride, as well as in the sunshine next to the water.
On February 2, it was announced that Andy Jassy, head of Amazon’s cloud computing unit, will take over as CEO during the third quarter of 2021. Bezos, who founded the company 27 years ago, will serve as executive chairman of Amazon’s board.
In January 2019, Page Six exclusively revealed that Bezos (57) and Sanchez (51) were dating – just as Bezos announced that he and his wife, MacKenzie Bezos, were going to divorce. Sanchez was also in the middle of her own divorce at the time, from Hollywood talent magnate Patrick Whitesell.
Since Bezos and Sanchez’s scandalous romance became known, Page Six reports that he ‘went to Hollywood’ with a flashy gesture to his lady. ‘Risky fashion choices, lunch with Anna Wintour, a relentless barrage of shameless selfies with A-listers He’s. . . a narcissist with poor judgment, and Lauren calls the shots, ‘a former friend of Sanchez’s told us last year.
The couple jogging worldwide have been spotted on holiday in glamorous places around the world, from St-Tropez to the Balearic Islands.