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Jeff Bezos’ girlfriend says she’s going to space next year, but not with him

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos flew to and from space in 11 minutes last year, and now his girlfriend is planning to make her own trip sometime next year.

But instead of traveling with her partner, Lauren Sánchez told CNN on Monday that she was being accompanied by a “great group of women.”

Last year, Bezos – then the richest man in the world – flew into space on a rocket developed by his space company Blue Origin. After the flight, he said it was “the best day ever,” according to CNN.

Bezos and Sánchez have been dating publicly for a number of years after his split from ex-wife MacKenzie Scott; The two were married for 25 years.

Previously, Sánchez was a news anchor and entertainment reporter. But later she became a helicopter pilot by training and founded an aerial imaging company, Black Ops Aviation. Sánchez is also vice chairman of the Bezos Earth Fund, an organization Bezos founded to fight climate change and protect nature.

In the same CNN interview Monday, Bezos said he plans to give away most of his fortune while he’s alive. Though he didn’t specify exactly how — just that he and Sánchez are “building the capacity to be able to give that money away.”

Bezos is currently the fourth richest man in the world with a net worth of $124 billion, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index.

On this list, Bezos follows Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk; the CEO of luxury brand LVMH Bernard Arnault; and Gautam Adani, the founder of the largest port operator in India, the Adani Group. Bezos ranks ahead of Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.

Meanwhile also on Monday, the New York Times reported that Amazon plans to lay off 10,000 employees.

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