For four years, Lauren Sánchez has been quietly working behind the scenes to help Amazon founder and her now fiancé, Jeff Bezos, strategically give away his vast wealth to a variety of causes
Last November, in their first sit-down interview as a couple, Sánchez spoke with CNN from their Washington, D.C. home about her philanthropic projects, space travel and what makes her relationship with Bezos work. Giving back At the time of the conversation, the couple had just awarded country music legend Dolly Parton as their third-ever recipient of the Bezos Courage & Civility Award, a $100 million grant given to an individual they feel is trying to make the world a better place.
“I do [believe space travel will be attainable for everyone]. Let me give you an example. The Wright brothers flew this tiny little plane, just a couple hundred feet. And if you told the Wright brothers a hundred years from now, there’s going be a 787 that carries 400 people, they’d laugh,” Bezos said. Sánchez said that she too intends to head to space in 2023. When asked who she plans to take with her, she said with a smile, “It’ll be a great group of females.
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