The Amazon founder is set to celebrate his union with Lauren Sanchez in the floating city. The estimated $56 mln bash has sparked protests in a place synonymous with nobles, commerce and glitzy parties. It’s another reminder that even the well-off are fed up with the super-rich.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez leave the Aman Venice hotel, ahead of their expected wedding, in Venice, Italy, June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Yara Nardifounder Jeff Bezos is set to celebrate his union with Lauren Sanchez in Venice this weekend.
The three-day bash has sparked protests in a place synonymous with nobles, commerce and elaborate parties. It’s another reminder that even the well-off are fed up with the super-rich.can afford to practically take over the floating city to mark his marriage to Sanchez, whose recent publicity stunts include a trip into space on the tycoon’s Blue Origin vessel. Bezos has booked 30 water taxis and five hotels including the Cipriani for the expected 250 guests including Kim Kardashian, Mick Jagger and Ivanka Trump.Such excess is expensive. The estimated cost is up to $56 million, the president of the Veneto regional government told reporters. Bezos and Sanchez also donated 3 million euros to local Venetian institutions. Yet others have shelled out more. Last year’sNonetheless, Bezos’ festivities have irked locals and activists. Protestors have spent weeks denouncing the Amazon chair’s treatment of the floating city as his own private playground and widening inequality under the heading “No Space for Bezos”. Climate campaigners Greenpeace and the British group Everyone hates Elon planted ain the middle of St. Mark’s Square showing a cackling Bezos with the tagline: “If you can rent Venice for your wedding, you can pay more tax.” Security concerns forced the couple to change the location of their reception. Venetians are no strangers to mercantile ways or glitzy celebrations. The city’s foundational wealth is based on maritime trade. It is renowned for its week-long carnival with intricate and detailed costumes. Nor is it averse to famous interlopers. Superstar George Clooney was welcomed with open arms when he married Amal Alamuddin in the lagoon city in 2014. Nevertheless, billionaires are generally facing a more hostile reception. Elon Musk’s Tesla faced a corporate boycott after leading a cost-cutting drive for Donald Trump’s administration. Meta Platforms founder Mark Zuckerberg was greeted by climate activists when his super yacht pulled up to the Norwegian island of Svalbard last month. Even the capital of finance is facing a reckoning: New York City this week decisively voted to put democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani on the ballot for the mayoral election in November, rejecting former Governor Andrew Cuomo and his deep-pocketed backers.for his wife on the island of Sardinia in 2001 looked even more foolish when the Tyco CEO was later jailed for fraud. Blackstone boss Steve Schwarzman’s lavish 60th birthday party in 2007 came to exemplify Wall Street excess before the financial crisis. The Bezos backlash in Venice is evidence that the popular mood is once again turning against billionaires.Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos will celebrate his wedding to Lauren Sanchez during a three-day event in Venice starting June 26. The estimated cost of the wedding is between 40 million and 48 million euros, Luca Zaia, president of the Veneto regional government, told reporters.Jennifer Saba is a columnist based in New York. Her focus is media, technology and retail. Prior to joining Breakingviews in 2015, she was a reporter with Reuters news. She began her career in advertising.
CLM REP TOPNWS ANLINS BACT BIZ DBT FIN FINS NEWS1 TOPCMB XDNP XPCO XPMF XRNP AMERS US NAMER MTGFX BRVF BRVCV CMPNY CYCS DEPT MAILOD PUBL RET RGEN SHOP SHOPAL N2:DBT N2:FINS N2:BACT N2:US N2:AMERS N2:NAMER N2:DEPT N2:CMPNY N2:MAILOD N2:PUBL N2:RGEN N2:CYCS N2:SHOP N2:SHOPAL
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Venice locals protest Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' wedding in ItalyDemonstrators displayed signs reading “No space for Bezos,” among others.
Read more »
Jeff Bezos Wedding Plans Disrupted After Protesters Threaten to Fill Venice Canals With Inflatable CrocodilesGuests are rumored to include Elon Musk, Oprah Winfrey, and Ivanka Trump.
Read more »
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez tell wedding guests 'no gifts' for their Venice celebrationSoon-to-be-wed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and fiancee Lauren Sanchez reportedly don’t want gifts from their wedding guests and have said they will donate to organizations in Venice.
Read more »
See Every Celebrity Guest Arriving at Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s Wedding in VeniceLauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos’s wedding is finally upon us—and their celebrity guests are arriving to Venice, Italy in droves.
Read more »
The Secretive Italian Aristocrats Planning Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s Venice WeddingLanza & Baucina are known for planning the seven—even eight— figure weddings of royals, billionaires, and A-list celebrities.
Read more »
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez arrive in Venice for their weddingMulti-billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez arrived in Venice on Wednesday ahead of their star-studded weekend wedding, an event that has galvanized a wide assortment of activist groups protesting it.
Read more »