{"id":1396,"date":"2025-06-26T16:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T16:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/billionaire-bezos-wedding-celebrations-begin-in-venice\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T16:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T16:39:08","slug":"billionaire-bezos-wedding-celebrations-begin-in-venice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/billionaire-bezos-wedding-celebrations-begin-in-venice\/","title":{"rendered":"Billionaire Bezo\u2019s wedding celebrations begin in Venice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos delivers the keynote address at the Air Force Association’s Annual Air in 2018. — AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Famous guests arrived in speedboats on Thursday as billionaire Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sachez began their three-day wedding party while protesters demonstrated in St Mark’s square.<\/p>\n

US reality TV personalities Kim and Khloe Kardashian were snapped climbing into water taxis in stilettos, followed by US talk show host Oprah Winfrey in an all-white outfit, including sensible trainers.<\/p>\n

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Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner walk to get in a boat as they depart from Marco Polo Airport ahead of the anticipated wedding of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez in Venice, Italy, June 26, 2025. — Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Tech magnate Bezos, 61, and Sanchez, 55, have reportedly invited about 200 guests to their multi-million dollar nuptials, which are expected to begin with an open-air soiree in the cloisters of the 14th-century Madonna dell’Orto church.<\/p>\n

Sanchez, who arrived with Bezos on Wednesday, was spotted wearing a black dress with silver sequins — one of an alleged 27 outfits she will don during the festivities.<\/p>\n

Protesters shouting “we are the 1%!” demonstrated in St Mark’s Square, accusing authorities of pandering to the super rich while the city drowns under tourists.<\/p>\n

As police broke up the demonstration, Veneto’s Regional President Luca Zaia said the couple have upped their donation to the city from one to three million euros [$1.7 to $3.5 million].<\/p>\n

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Wedding guests and their bodyguards nipped up and down the lagoon, closely followed by paparazzi in boats rented at exorbitant prices by the world’s media.<\/p>\n

Guests spotted include US football player Tom Brady, Ivanka Trump — the daughter of US President Donald Trump — and American fashion designer Spencer Antle.<\/p>\n

Everyone wins<\/h3>\n

Bezos and former news anchor and entertainment reporter Sanchez are staying at the Aman hotel, a luxury 16th-century palazzo on the Grand Canal with a view of the Rialto bridge.<\/p>\n

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez leave the Aman Venice hotel, ahead of their expected wedding, in Venice, Italy, June 25, 2025. — Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

They will exchange vows on Friday at a black-tie ceremony on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, according to Italian media reports.<\/p>\n

The wedding itself is expected to take place in a vast open-air amphitheatre on the island, which sits across from St Mark’s Square.<\/p>\n

The newlyweds will then be serenaded by Matteo Bocelli, the son of famed opera singer Andrea Bocelli, the reports said.<\/p>\n

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The celebrations will reportedly end on Saturday with a party at the Arsenale, a vast shipyard complex dating back to when the city was a naval powerhouse.<\/p>\n

Some locals say the A-list guests and their entourages bring good business.<\/p>\n

Adriana, 83, said “everyone wins” with the high-profile event, which has the city’s famed luxury hotels booked out, and is likely to inspire others to marry in Venice.<\/p>\n

But critics have accused billionaire Bezos of using the UNESCO site as his personal playground.<\/p>\n

Environmental activists have also pointed to the carbon footprint of the mega yachts and dozens of private jets bringing the rich and famous to the canal city.<\/p>\n

It is “an excessive display of wealth and greed”, 51-year-old American tourist Christine Baker told AFP<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“I understand why people are upset”. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos delivers the keynote address at the Air Force Association’s Annual Air in 2018. — AFP Famous guests arrived in speedboats on Thursday as billionaire Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sachez began their three-day wedding party while protesters demonstrated in St Mark’s square. US reality TV personalities Kim and Khloe Kardashian were…<\/p>\n

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