Jeff Bezos famously neglected to sign a prenup in his first marriage. He’s not making the same mistake twice
杰夫·贝佐斯在第一段婚姻中出名地忽略了签署婚前协议。这一次他不会再犯同样的错误

Bezos and Sanchez’s three-day Venetian wedding celebration kicks off on June 24 and is said to be costing the couple upwards of $10 million. The couple announced their engagement in 2023, but ultimately delayed tying the knot due to delays with the prenup. According to The Hollywood Reporter, an insider said that the Bezos-Sanchez marriage was originally planned for the winter of 2024 in Aspen, but adjustments to the legal agreement pushed the date back, with Bezos’ lawyers allegedly forbidding the billionaire from moving forward until the prenup was settled. 
贝索斯和桑切斯的三天威尼斯婚礼将于 6 月 24 日拉开帷幕，据说婚礼开支将超过 1000 万美元。这对夫妇于 2023 年宣布订婚，但由于婚前协议的延迟而推迟了结婚。据《好莱坞记者报》内部消息称，贝索斯-桑切斯的婚礼原本计划于 2024 年冬季在阿斯彭举行，但法律协议的调整推迟了婚期，据称贝索斯的律师禁止他在婚前协议敲定之前继续推进婚礼。

Bezos’ and Sanchez’ prenup comes after the Amazon founder’s divorce in 2019 from MacKenzie Scott in which no such agreement existed. Scott walked away with more than $38 billion in Amazon shares, making the split one of the costliest separations in history. The divorce included explosive cheating allegations that accused Bezos of having an affair with now-fiancée Sanchez. The pair’s 25-year marriage long predated Bezos’ financial success; indeed, Scott worked as the first Amazon employee and witnessed Bezos usher Amazon into its iconic position. She also has four children with Bezos.  
贝索斯与桑切斯的婚前协议，是在他 2019 年与麦肯锡·斯科特离婚时未签署任何此类协议的情况下制定的。斯科特从离婚中获得了超过 380 亿美元的亚马逊股票，使这成为历史上最昂贵的分手案例之一。这场离婚还涉及爆炸性的出轨指控，指责贝索斯与现在的未婚妻桑切斯有婚外情。这对夫妇的 25 年婚姻早在贝索斯获得财务成功之前就已存在；事实上，斯科特曾是亚马逊第一位员工，见证了贝索斯将亚马逊带入其标志性地位。她还与贝索斯育有四个孩子。

Bezos’ decision to protect his assets the second time around isn’t shocking to high-profile divorce attorney Robert Cohen, of Cohen Clair Lans Greifer & Simpson, who has handled the divorces of Melinda French Gates and Michael Bloomberg. “They’ve likely been through a nightmare before, which is litigation over their prior divorce and how much you’re giving the other side, or getting, and they don’t want to do that,” he tells Fortune. 
贝佐斯这次保护资产的决定对于高调离婚律师罗伯特·科恩（Robert Cohen）来说并不令人震惊，他曾处理过梅琳达·法国·盖茨和迈克尔·布隆伯格的离婚案件。他告诉《财富》杂志："他们可能已经经历过一场噩梦，那就是为之前的离婚诉讼争论各自需要付出或获得的条件，他们不想再重蹈覆辙。"

Sanchez, who was married to her first husband Patrick Whitesell until 2019, allegedly signed a prenup with her former spouse with whom she shares two children. When the couple split, their assets and properties were divided per the agreement. 
桑切斯曾与她的第一任丈夫帕特里克·怀特塞尔（Patrick Whitesell）结婚到 2019 年，据称她与前夫签署了婚前协议，并且共同抚养两个孩子。当他们分手时，按照协议分割了资产和财产。

While the intimate details of Bezos and Sanchez’s prenup are private and confidential, there are several common components likely to be present in the document and its preparations. Cohen, who is not representing Bezos or Sanchez, said the main factors are likely the sharing of assets, providing support for Sanchez, and death provisions. Within the terms, he speculates that Bezos’ legal team will seek to limit what Sanchez would receive of his assets or so-called “alimony” and would include protections for his four children from his first marriage. 
虽然贝佐斯和桑切斯的婚前协议的具体细节是私密且保密的，但协议中很可能包含几个常见的组成部分。未代表贝佐斯或桑切斯的科恩表示，主要因素可能是资产分配、为桑切斯提供支持以及死亡条款。在条款中，他推测贝佐斯的法律团队将寻求限制桑切斯可获得的资产或所谓的"赡养费"，并将包括对他与第一任妻子所生四个孩子的保护。

“He’s also going to want to consider what he’s done to terminate his first marriage, because there may be obligations in that that would affect the prenup,” Cohen continues.
"他还需要考虑如何终止他的第一段婚姻，因为可能存在会影响婚前协议的义务，"科恩继续说道。

Some of these considerations could include protecting the financial security of Bezos’ children, says Chris Chen, a financial planner with Insight Financial Strategies. He points to the potential establishment of an irrevocable trust where the children are beneficiaries. 
切恩斯（Chris Chen）是安信金融策略（Insight Financial Strategies）的财务规划师，他表示，这些考虑可能包括保护贝佐斯子女的财务安全，例如可能建立一个子女为受益人的不可撤销信托。

“It’s about how to put the assets in the prenup in such a way that Lauren doesn’t have a claim to them and, at the same time, being generous enough that she doesn’t really have a reason to complain,” Chen adds.
"关键是要以这样的方式将资产放入婚前协议中，使劳伦无法对其提出索赔，同时又慷慨到她没有理由抱怨，"切恩斯补充道。

Aside from the terms of the contract, Bezos’ lawyers will likely be working to ensure the contract is recognized in the jurisdictions where he owns property and where he is married. The Amazon founder’s speculated primary residence is in Miami where he owns several properties totalling an estimated $237 million. Bezos also maintains estates in California, Texas, Washington, D.C., and Maui and owns the Washington Post and aerospace company Blue Origin. 
除了合同条款之外，贝佐斯的律师很可能会努力确保合同在他拥有房产和结婚的司法管辖区得到认可。据推测，亚马逊创始人的主要住所在迈阿密，他在那里拥有总估值约 2.37 亿美元的多处房产。贝佐斯还在加利福尼亚、德克萨斯、华盛顿特区和毛伊岛保留房产，并拥有《华盛顿邮报》和蓝色起源航空航天公司。

Different jurisdictions also have different requirements for the legal document. In California, where Bezos owns property, he would be required to disclose to his spouse a complete picture of his finances encompassing his domestic and foreign investments, real estate portfolios, and potentially corporate governance frameworks. “You don’t want there to be anything that you omit or misidentify,” Cohen adds. Even in states that don’t require disclosure, he says he advises his clients to do so anyway. 
不同的司法管辖区对这种法律文件有不同的要求。在贝佐斯拥有房产的加利福尼亚州，他将被要求向配偶全面披露其财务状况，包括国内和国外投资、房地产投资组合，以及潜在的公司治理框架。"你不希望遗漏或错误识别任何内容，"科恩补充道。即使在不要求披露的州，他也建议客户仍然进行披露。

Regardless of the prenuptial agreement’s details, Bezos’ upcoming wedding is no small feat. With a fortune his size, marriage is as much business as it is romance.
不管婚前协议的具体细节如何，贝佐斯即将到来的婚礼都不是小事。对于他这样的财富规模来说，婚姻既是生意，也是浪漫。