One of the richest men in the world is officially off the market.
On Friday, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez got married in a lavish ceremony in Venice, as the bride confirmed in an Instagram post.
They were surrounded by around 200 guests, including wealthy and powerful people like Kim Kardashian, Bill Gates, and Ivanka Trump.
Bezos, 61, and Sánchez, 55, wed nearly two years after their engagement was first announced, and speculation about where and when they would marry reached a frenzy in the months before the event.
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In March, the mayor of Venice, Luigi Brugnaro, confirmed in a statement that the couple would get married in the city. Bezos and Sánchez were also spotted in Italy multiple times in the lead-up to their big day.
The couple got married on the Venetian island of San Giorgio Maggiore, taking separate water taxis to the ceremony.
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People reported that the ceremony was originally supposed to take place on Saturday, but it was moved to Friday as the venue changed due to security concerns amid protests in the city.
A representative for Bezos and Sánchez didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.
Sánchez wore a cream Dior set as she made her way to the venue earlier in the evening, while Bezos arrived in a tuxedo.
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Bezos and Sánchez’s relationship became public in January 2019, shortly after Bezos and his ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, announced they were getting a divorce. Sánchez was married to Patrick Whitesell at the time, though they filed for divorce in April 2019.
Bezos and Sánchez made their first appearance as a couple in July 2019, and in the years since, they’ve become fixtures of celebrity and business circles as a unit. Reports that they were engaged were first published in May 2023.
