Lauren Sánchez: The woman at Bezos’ side
The founder of the mail order company Amazon separated from his now divorced wife MacKenzie Scott in early 2019 – the reason for this was an alleged affair with Lauren Sánchez, a TV presenter, actress and pilot, with whom the third richest person in the world according to the Forbes list is still together is. MacKenzie Scott also became one of the richest people in the world in the course of the divorce: At the beginning of February 2022, she ended up among the top 50 wealthiest people in the world with assets of over 30 billion US dollars.
Lauren Sánchez opened up about herself in an interview with The Wall Street Journal about surprising her son with a helicopter flyby at a football game. Aviation was also what brought her together with Jeff Bezos: Bezos suffered a helicopter accident in 2003 and only regained confidence in rotorcraft with Sánchez in the cockpit.
Girlfriend reveals one of Bezos’ top tips
In an interview with the US newspaper Wall Street Journal, Sánchez not only gives insights into her private life, but also shares one of Bezos’ most important tips for everyday work: Managers should always speak last in meetings. The reason for this is that employees otherwise feel influenced by the statements of the boss and do not share their opinions and ideas uninhibitedly. It should also be remembered that meetings are kept short: the leader of the meeting should create a rough guide that is no more than six pages long. The total duration should not exceed one hour. Bezos is not alone in his restrictive views on meetings: Shopify founder Tobi Lütke recently announced that he would drastically reduce the number of meetings in order to gain efficiencies.
Amazing entrepreneurial career
Bezos founded Amazon in 1994 in a Seattle garage, back then as an online bookstore. A lot has happened since the company was founded: Amazon occupies second place in the list of the top-selling companies in the world, offers mail order and its own hardware, such as the language assistant Alexa or the e-book reader Kindle, the Internet service provider Amazon Web Services is, according to its own statements, the most frequently used cloud platform. In addition, Bezos founded the private space company Blue Origin and acquired The Washington Post newspaper in 2013. In 2021, Bezos stepped down as CEO of Amazon to focus more on his other businesses and personal interests.
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