Prime Highlights

• Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez wed in a costly, multi-day wedding in Venice, Italy, for an estimated $50 million price tag.
• The couple prefers charitable donations to various causes over gifts, supporting Venetian environmental and cultural causes.

Key Facts

• The wedding is a three-day affair with the final ceremony held on June 27, 2025.
• Around 250 celebrities receive an invite to the event, including Oprah Winfrey, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Kim Kardashian.

Key Background

Amazon founder and previous CEO Jeff Bezos and TV host Lauren Sánchez finally wed in what is probably the richest wedding in modern times. The back-and-forth romance, which started on the public stage in 2019 and ended with an engagement in May 2023, finished with a decadent affair by the world-famous canals in Venice, Italy. Sánchez is additionally an aviation-licensed pilot, philanthropist, and co-chair of the Bezos Earth Fund with Bezos.

The Venetian wedding of the pair was a multi-day affair with sites and VIP tourist experiences. There were festivities taking place at world-famous sites such as the Venetian Arsenal and the Church of Madonna dell’Orto, to the last ceremony which would likely take place on San Giorgio Maggiore island. Security was imposing, with nearly 90 private planes traveling red-carpet Hollywood celebrities from all over the world. Their wedding guest list was a who’s who of global significance with celebrities and tech moguls, royalty and entrepreneurs.

Quirky, Bezos and Sánchez shunned traditional wedding gifts. Instead, they requested donations to the benefit of a few local causes, including lagoon restoration experts and cultural heritage preservation organizations. They also contributed €2 million out of their own pockets to the environment in Venice. The wedding preparations included attempting to support local craftsmen and businesses—80% of the arrangements were locally employed, which helped promote attention of the local pastry chefs, flower arrangers, and Murano glassworkers.

Despite some opposition from anti-luxury tourism activists, the city government welcomed the wedding with open arms, talking about economic gains. With careful planning by party people and civic authorities, the festivities attempted to marry excess with sensibility to indigenous culture, so that the wedding not only became a celebration of love but also a testimonial to Venetian existence and global harmony.