Jeff Bezos’ lavish wedding secrets leaked: Who made the cut, dress designer and eye-popping price tag

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are having a very fancy and private wedding in Venice, Italy. But now, all the secrets are out — like who’s going, what she’s wearing, how much it costs, and where it will happen. And it’s way more dramatic, expensive, and private than people thought.

The wedding will have 3 big events over 3 days starting off with a pre-wedding party, the main wedding, and a final celebration. The first dinner will be on a quiet island in Venice called San Giovanni Evangelista, where only 11 people normally live. The location is super exclusive and only reachable by boat. Guests will sit at long tables in a vineyard, with presidential-level security, according to the report by Daily Mail.

About 200 rich guests are coming, including Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Barry Diller, and Diane von Furstenberg. Bride-to-be Lauren Sanchez will likely arrive by helicopter and land on the floating helipad of their support yacht Abeona. The wedding planners, a company called Lanza & Baucina, got this last-minute venue. The villa, Villa Baslini, is usually rented out and booked for 2 years straight, as per reports.

Jeff Bezos is worth $224 billion, but a wedding source called him “unlucky” because so many things have gone wrong. The original wedding budget was $50 million, but after criticism, it was cut down to around $5 million. Critics slammed Sanchez’s recent space flight as a rich-person stunt. It was supposed to be a feminist mission but didn’t go well with the public, as stated by Daily Mail.

Plans changed after backlash and protests

To calm the backlash, the couple changed plans and made the wedding look more like a family gathering than a billionaire party. The original idea was to use Bezos’s $500 million yacht, Koru, for the wedding events. But because of security issues and protests in Venice, they kept it away in Croatia, as per reports.

Posters saying “No Space for Bezos” were spotted in Venice, so the couple didn’t want to cause more public anger. Security fears increased after Trump’s military actions in Iran, so plans had to be changed again. Koru is staying far away, and even the guest travel plan got adjusted.

Trump was supposed to be invited, but now probably won’t come. However, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are already in Venice. Guests are staying at luxury hotels like the Aman Palace and Cipriani, where rooms cost up to £10,000 a night. The wedding day itself will be in San Giorgio Maggiore, at a beautiful outdoor place called the “green theatre”, according to a Daily Mail report.

This theatre can hold up to 1,500 guests, has white stone seating, and was recently redesigned by famous architects Foster plus Partners to include drone-proof canopies. The wedding dinner will likely be in Palladian rooms, outside, or in a cloister. The couple is planning to light up the sky with fireworks after the wedding.

Dresses, parties, and what happens next

There are rumors that Anna Wintour helped pick Lauren’s dress and Bezos’s tux, but she may not attend because of Dior’s Paris show. Lauren Sanchez will wear Dolce & Gabbana for the main ceremony. She picked them because she likes them and Anna Wintour approves. She may change her outfits over a dozen times during the wedding week, and also wear Oscar de la Renta for some events, as per the report by Daily Mail.

One event even has a “pyjama” dress code. Saturday’s party will be a big ball at the Arsenale, an ancient, secure shipyard used for art shows and fashion events. Some other places were considered for events, like Scuola Grande della Misericordia, but were not used because of logistics and size issues. There are secret mini parties planned on smaller islands like Burano, Giudecca, and Sacca Sessola, and on yachts. Some guests will get private art museum tours too, according to the reports.

After the wedding, the couple will sail to Taormina, Sicily, to relax at the San Domenico Palace, known from “The White Lotus” Season 2. The official wedding photos will likely be published in Vogue or Vanity Fair. Bezos and Sanchez met through her then-husband Patrick Whitesell, a top Hollywood agent, as per the report by Daily Mail.

They first got close while planning a documentary about Blue Origin, Bezos’s space company, which turned into a secret 8-month affair. Tabloids followed them across 5 states and 40,000 miles, exposing their romance. In 2019, Bezos divorced his wife MacKenzie Scott, and Sanchez also ended things with Whitesell.

Bezos gave Sanchez a huge pink diamond ring worth around $2.5 million when they got engaged in May 2023. Sanchez now works on several charity projects, including the Bezos Earth Fund, Day 1 Families Fund, and Bezos Academy. The couple is expected to donate a large sum to Venetian charities, but only after the wedding to avoid seeming like they are “buying” Venice. The wedding planners said they are doing their best to respect Venice, hire locals, and support the lagoon, according to the report by Daily Mail.

FAQs

Q1. Where is Jeff Bezos getting married?
Jeff Bezos is getting married in Venice, Italy, with events on islands like San Giovanni and San Giorgio Maggiore.

Q2. Who is invited to Jeff Bezos’ wedding?
Around 200 rich and famous guests, including Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner, and Ivanka Trump, are attending.