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Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez leave the Aman hotel for dinner with guests before their wedding on June 26, 2025 in Venice, Italy.
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The rich and the famous went down to Venice, Italy this weekend to celebrate the billionaire’s marriage Amazon The founder Jeff Bezos and the former broadcast journalist Lauren Sanchez in a program of everything related to money.
The starry event has a list of guests from some 200 celebrities and an elite of business, including President Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Leonardo DiCaprio, Usher and a Kardashians – to nam only.
And although the exact details of the three -day affair were confidential in the midst of the city level demonstrations, it should accumulate an invoice of around $ 50 million.
The couple would have exchanged their wishes on Friday during a black tie ceremony on the private island of San Giorgio, far from public access, according to to the goalkeeper.
The main reception of marriage, on the other hand, should be held on Saturday in Arsenale, a historic complex surrounded by fortified walls on the east side of the city. The place was changed at the last minute compared to a 16th century building in the center of the city due to security problems.
He followed a reception on Thursday before the wedding, held in the cloisters of Madonna Dell’orto, a medieval church in the central region of Cannaaregio.
Other parallel events would be ready to include a foam party and an evening on the theme of Great Gatsby.
The president of the regional government of Veneto who includes Venice, Luca Zaia, told journalists on Tuesday that marriage and its various support should cost 40 to 48 million euros (47 to 56 million dollars).
Bezos, one of the richest people in the world with a net value estimated at $ 230 billion, according to in Forbes, it is also would have Scheduled to make a certain number of charities, including 2 million euros for Corila, an academic consortium which studies the ecosystem of the Venice lagoon.
Expenditure does not stop there, however: many guests arrived early – via a private jet, a super yacht and a helicopter – to take advantage of the best purchases of creators and the high -end hotels that the city of water has to offer.
The personality of American television Kris Jenner takes photos of us Khloe Kardashian (C) and the personality of reality TV Kim Kardashian on a taxi boat as they leave the Gritti Palace hotel before the marriage of the founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos with Lauren Sanchez in Venice on June 26, 2026.
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Five of the most luxurious hotels in Venice, including Cipriani and Aman, were reserved to welcome the guests, according to Reuters.
The sumptuous display of money and surplus has caused reactions to the scale of local residents and environmental demonstrators who protest against the use of UNESCO World Heritage Site as a playground for super-rich.
Venice has already been under pressure on over-tourism, the famous Italian city last year The first in the world To introduce tourist entrance fees in order to relieve the pressure of mass tourism and make it more habitable for residents.
Italy has nevertheless experienced a wave of rich arrivals – both to visit and live – as it is more hospitable flat tax regime And the luxury booming real estate sector proved to be a draw while other countries have sought Catchaging on the rich.
