Bezos married in Venice, far from demonstrators and media

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Bezos married in Venice, far from demonstrators and media

Far from paparazzi and critical demonstrators, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez gave each other the yes during a private ceremony on an island in Venice. The ceremony full of excess and famous guests has been holding the Italian city in its grip for days.

Under her new name, Lauren Sánchez-Bezos (55) shared a photo of the ceremony on Instagram. With the Amazon billionaire, she can be shining laughing in the midst of her wedding guests.

In an interview with Modemagazine Vogue She revealed them for a specially made dress from Dolce & Gabbana. It took 900 working hours to complete the dress with Italian side and 180 buttons of Zijd-Chiffon. The bride said he was inspired by a film by Sophia Loren, Housboat.

Bezos (61) was only shown the dress for the first time at the ceremony, although he had tried to get a taste. “I almost admitted,” Sánchez-Bezos told Vogue. “But I wanted to keep the surprise. When you get older, there are so few surprises.”

Celebrities

Around 250 guests were present at the ceremony in a basilica on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, opposite San Marcoplein. Among them family members such as the seven children of the couple from their earlier marriages, but also celebrities such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Orlando Bloom, Oprah Winfrey and Usher. Tech millionaires Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, and Sam Altman from Chatgpt are also spotted.

Marriage drew in Venice much criticism Due to the extravagant wealth of the tech billionaire. According to Fortune, the Amazon boss is worth more than 230 billion dollars and is therefore the third richest person in the world. Before his marriage, he has set aside an estimated nearly 50 million euros.

Prior to the ceremony, soilers therefore expressed their dissatisfaction with the takeover of the city by Bezos. For example, they projected ‘No Bezos’ with laser rays on the bell tower of San Marcoplein. However, not everyone in the city was so critical: the city council calculated that the event yields almost 1 billion euros, not only in direct expenses, but especially in free advertising for Venice.

Moved

Because of the protests and the unrest in the world, Bezos decided to move his wedding party of tomorrow. It is no longer held in the center of the city, but on a former shipyard site called Arsenale, on the outskirts of Venice, which is more difficult to block and easier to protect.

Against Vogue, Sánchez-Bezos already unveiled that she chose an Oscar de la Renta dress for the party in which 175,000 crystals were incorporated.