• Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos have been a public couple since 2019.
• They often wear complementary looks on red carpets.
• Bezos and Sánchez Bezos wore some of their best looks to date at their June 2025 wedding.

All eyes were on Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos when they said "I do" at their lavish June wedding in Venice.

Their relationship has been newsworthy since it became public in 2019, coming on the heels of the Amazon founder's divorce from MacKenzie Scott, so it's no surprise their wedding was a lightning rod for attention.

Their guest list of wealthy and famous people made it all the more exciting for onlookers, as did the fact that both Bezos and Sánchez Bezos wore several high-end looks as they celebrated their marriage.

The couple has developed their sense of style as a unit over the course of their relationship, often wearing subtly coordinated ensembles.

Take a look at some of the couple's best looks together to date.

Lauren Sánchez Bezos and Jeff Bezos wore contrasting prints while attending a Prime Video event together in 2020.

While Bezos walked the blue carpet in a marble-esque blazer, Sánchez Bezos stood out in a sparkling black-and-red gown.

Her dress had long sleeves made from polka-dot mesh, a plunging neckline that reached her navel, and a thigh-high slit. The daring gown also had an all-over geometric print that sparkled in the light.

The couple opted for classic glam at the 2021 Baby2Baby 10-Year Gala.

Bezos attended in a traditional tuxedo with thick lapels, a white button-down shirt, and a black bow tie.

Sánchez Bezos mirrored him in a black mermaid-style gown. It had thin straps, a ruffled lace neckline, and a matching black band around the waist. She accessorized with a diamond cuff on her wrist.

Their summer style has included light-colored gowns and simple suits.

At the 2022 premiere of "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power," for example, Bezos wore a gray suit with a sharp blazer, pleated trousers, and a lighter-toned undershirt.

Sánchez Bezos kept things even simpler in a white asymmetrical gown from Tom Ford. The body-hugging piece had a single shoulder strap, a fitted waistline, and a skirt slit that revealed her gold sandals.

Bezos and Sánchez Bezos dazzled at another "Lord of the Rings" premiere in black and red.

Bezos posed for photographers in a black suit, which he wore with a white undershirt and satin tie.

Sánchez Bezos took the opposite approach with her outfit, wearing a vibrant red gown covered in tiny sparkles. She also wore silver sandals and a diamond bracelet.

They amped up their style for a Versace fashion show in 2023.

Sánchez Bezos showed the edgy side of her style in a minidress from the Italian designer. Its black fabric sparkled as she moved, and black belts crisscrossed over the garment.

She wore it with semi-sheer tights and pointed pumps.

Bezos, on the other hand, swapped his usual tuxedos for a sleeker suit. He wore a dark T-shirt underneath a lighter jacket and completed the outfit with shining dress shoes.

Sánchez Bezos and Bezos coordinated in black outfits again at the Vanity Fair Oscars after-party in March 2023.

Sánchez Bezos' Elie Saab gown had off-the-shoulder sleeves that created a plunging V-neckline. The form-fitting bodice was actually a bodysuit, and a semi-sheer skirt with strips of sparkly black fabric sat atop it.

Bezos kept his look simple in a black tuxedo.

The couple put a summery spin on red-carpet attire at the TIAH anniversary soirée in August 2023.

Bezos wore multiple neutral shades for the event, pairing a pale gray shirt with a taupe jacket, white pants, and taupe shoes.

In contrast, Sánchez Bezos wore a form-fitting red gown with embellished spaghetti straps and clear heels.

Sánchez Bezos and Bezos wore all-black looks to a Staud fashion show in September 2023.

Sánchez Bezos' sparkly minidress from Staud had a celestial theme, as it was adorned with constellations. She accessorized with silver shoes and jewelry.

Bezos paired his short-sleeve black T-shirt and pants with a chic vest.

Both had fun with texture when they attended a Dolce & Gabbana party in Milan in January 2024.

The couple embraced the mob wife trend for the Dolce & Gabbana party, wearing coordinating looks from the designer. Bezos wore black-on-black with a velvet suit and a black button-down, which he wore without a tie.

Sánchez Bezos' dress was more daring, as the figure-hugging gown had a corset bodice and was made entirely of sheer black lace. She wore a blazer jacket with a black rosette on her shoulders, open-toe shoes, and oversize sunglasses.

The couple looked effortlessly chic at a Chanel pre-Oscars dinner in March 2024.

Bezos wore a charcoal suit to the dinner, which he dressed down with a black T-shirt and black shoes.

Sánchez Bezos chose a long-sleeve, black dress for the event. The garment hit her at the ankle, showing off black heels, and had a plunging neckline. A choker completed her look.

Sánchez Bezos and Bezos wowed at the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscars after-party.

Both Sánchez Bezos and Bezos wore Lever Couture to Vanity Fair's party.

Bezos' black tuxedo was simple, but he elevated the ensemble by adding a diamond brooch to his lapel.

Sánchez Bezos wore a red ball gown with a dramatic train. The dress was made of tulle that fell in ribbons, creating volume on the sleeves and skirt and emphasizing the plunging neckline and form-fitting bodice. Her nude shoes and diamond necklace gave the look a timeless feel.

Sánchez Bezos wore a semi-sheer dress to the White House state dinner in April 2024.

Bezos and Sánchez Bezos attended the White House state dinner in honor of then-Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

While Bezos attended the dinner in a traditional black tuxedo, Sánchez Bezos wore a deep-red dress styled by Kelly Johnson. The off-the-shoulder gown featured a semi-sheer corset bodice made of lace, contrasting with the silky skirt.

Gold heels with leaf detailing and a sparkly silver bag completed Sánchez Bezos' bold look.

The couple wore coordinating black-and-white ensembles at the 2024 Met Gala.

Sánchez Bezos chose Oscar de La Renta for her Met Gala debut, wearing a strapless gown from the designer.

The black bodice had a simple sweetheart neckline, while a mosaic of fabric that created roses covered the full skirt and train.

On the red carpet, Sánchez Bezos told Vogue she thought the gown was "extremely unique and has a sense of femininity."

Bezos didn't walk the red carpet with his fiancée, but he joined her at the top of the Met steps in a classic black tuxedo.

In 2025, they stepped out at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in statement looks.

Sánchez Bezos and Bezos could have been mistaken for a bride and groom at the Beverly Hills event in March.

The Amazon founder wore a black suit, a white undershirt, a matching bow tie, and a diamond brooch. Sánchez Bezos stood beside him in a strapless white Oscar de la Renta ball gown decorated with feathers.

They later celebrated science at the 2025 Breakthrough Prize ceremony and wore classic red-carpet attire.

Bezos kept things simple with a black tuxedo, matching bow tie, and white undershirt. Sánchez Bezos, however, brought the glamour.

She wore a red, sleeveless gown made by John Galliano in 1994 and previously worn by Sophia Loren. It had an asymmetrical bodice with a low neckline, form-fitting fabric across the waist, and a skirt that flowed around her ankles.

She completed the flashy outfit with diamond earrings, a statement necklace, and a crystal-covered clutch designed by Judith Leiber to look like an astronaut.

Sánchez Bezos and Bezos wore their first standout looks from their wedding weekend on the eve of their June 2025 nuptials.

On June 26, Sánchez Bezos and Bezos gathered with their A-list guests for a pre-wedding celebration.

Sánchez Bezos stepped out for the welcome party in a strapless Schiaparelli gown. Originally designed for the spring 2025 couture collection, the champagne dress had floral embroidery on the neckline and tea-length skirt, while the corset bodice sparkled.

The bride-to-be paired the dress with diamond accessories, including stud earrings, her engagement ring, and another large diamond ring.

Bezos wore a dark-brown suit with no tie and complementary sunglasses, looking casual and cool.

The couple's outfits for their wedding ceremony were traditional.

Bezos and Sánchez Bezos tied the knot on June 27 in an intimate ceremony.

The groom wore a black tuxedo for the wedding, which included a vest and bow tie.

Sánchez Bezos walked down the aisle in a custom Dolce & Gabbana dress. The mermaid-style dress hugged her figure, and it was overlaid with intricate, floral lace. Buttons lined the front and back, and Sánchez Bezos added a voluminous, floor-length veil to the ensemble.

Vogue reported the gown required "900 hours of atelier work" to make.

The couple wrapped their wedding celebrations in chic eveningwear looks.

On the final evening of their wedding celebrations, Bezos and Sánchez Bezos stepped out in slightly more casual evening looks than they wore to their ceremony.

Bezos paired a black suit with a black shirt and wore another pair of sunglasses.

Sánchez Bezos, on the other hand, opted for a pink Atelier Versace gown. Donatella Versace designed the form-fitting, strapless dress with crystal embroidery on the bodice and a ruched, dropped-waist skirt.

• As the rich get richer, their yachts get longer … and when it comes to boats, the bigger the better.
• Sergey Brin, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg have spent nine figures on megayachts in recent years.
• These are the biggest yachts owned by tech billionaires.

If you are a billionaire, you're going to need a bigger boat — or at least want a bigger boat.

Superyachts are an increasingly requisite status symbol for billionaires, providing highly secluded leisure and networking sites. They are — more so than real estate — the single most expensive asset you can own.

"It's a bit of a celebration of your success in life, of wealth," Giovanna Vitelli, the chair of the Azimut Benetti Group, one of the biggest producers of superyachts, told Business Insider.

As a marker of wealth, unofficial yachting rules say the bigger the richer. A 50-meter vessel is likely to be owned by a billionaire. Over 100 meters long? The owner probably has at least a couple of billion.

The richest tech billionaires, like Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison, have gone bigger. Their palaces at sea are decked out with amenities like gyms, spas, pools, nightclubs, and movie theaters. Chartering a yacht of this size for a week typically costs upward of $1 million.

A look at these megayachts — broadly defined as over 70 meters long, mostly custom-built, and often costing nine figures — offers a glimpse into how the world's richest live.

Here are the largest yachts owned by tech billionaires — or at least those we know about.

In an industry ruled by discretion, deciphering who owns what is an exercise in stringing together many clues. There are likely yachts that have not been publicly recorded or registered. Evan Spiegel, for example, is rumored to own the 94-meter megayacht Bliss. Sometimes, it seems, money can buy privacy.

Sergey Brin: Dragonfly

Google cofounder Sergey Brin has a flotilla of yachts, boats, and water toys known as the "Fly Fleet." The latest addition is his largest vessel yet.

At 142 meters long, Dragonfly was delivered in December 2024.

Built by the prestigious German shipyard Lürssen, Dragonfly has been lauded for its design, which earned it the 2025 Yacht Style award in its length class.

It comes equipped with a full suite of amenities, including a glass-bottomed pool, cinema, spa, gym, business deck with a home office, and a helicopter hangar.

The superyacht is Brin's second of the same name. The former Dragonfly was about half the length of the new one, at 73 meters long. It was listed for sale last year with an asking price of $30 million. It has since been renamed Capricorn.

Brin's fleet also includes Butterfly, a 38-meter-long yacht. Often moored in the Bay Area, its crew members spend their downtime kitesurfing and teaching swimming lessons to local kids.

The rest of the armada, which requires a team of 50 full-time employees, consists of a smaller boat named Firefly, Jet Skis, foil boards, dinghies, and kiteboards.

Jeff Bezos: Koru and Abeona

Bezos' $500 million megayacht, the 127-meter Koru, made a splash when it was delivered in 2023.

The sailing yacht is hard to miss thanks to its massive size and unique design. It also travels with Abeona, its 75-meter support vessel, in tow.

"I heard back in 2018 or something that somebody had ordered a classic sailing yacht," one superyacht aficionado told Business Insider. "You order 125 meters, that's not really going to be classic. But it is. I think it's pretty cool."

The yacht has hosted several of Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos' famous friends for various occasions, including an engagement party that drew Bill Gates and Leonardo DiCaprio on board and a pre-wedding foam party to celebrate Sánchez Bezos' son's birthday.

Before its completion, Koru made headlines for drawing the ire of some Dutch people, who vowed to hurl eggs at it after it was announced that a historic bridge in Rotterdam might be taken apart to allow the Oceanco-built boat through. (The shipyard made alternative plans, and an egg crisis was averted.)

The yacht has since been criticized for the liberal use of teak on its decks and interiors. The wood has gained a reputation for its connection to Myanmar, a country with a checkered human rights record.

In 2024, Oceanco was fined for violating the European Timber Regulation and not properly tracing the teak used to craft some of Koru's furniture and interiors.

"Oceanco deeply regrets these oversights," and never intended to violate the regulations, a company spokesperson said in a statement to Business Insider. "We have enhanced our due diligence processes to ensure this does not occur again."

Mark Zuckerberg: Launchpad

Following months of rumors, Zuckerberg debuted Launchpad in 2024. The 118-meter superyacht was originally designed for a sanctioned Russian businessman.

The ship made its maiden voyage in March 2024, going from Gibraltar to St. Maarten and mooring in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It has since visited Panama for Zuckerberg's 40th birthday and spent summers in the Mediterranean.

Little is known about its interior, but photos show a large swimming pool and helipad, and its shipyard, Feadship, has written about its "fully enclosed pod-like observation lounge" and two helipads.

Its price has been kept under wraps, but a yacht of that size would typically cost nine figures.

Eric Schmidt: Whisper

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt purchased Kismet, a 95-meter-long superyacht formerly owned by the Jacksonville Jaguars' billionaire owner Shahid Khan, in 2023, and renamed the Lürssen-built vessel Whisper.

He'd originally agreed to purchase the Alfa Nero, the yacht of a sanctioned Russian oligarch, for $67 million in an auction conducted by Antigua and Barbuda. But he backed out of the deal following legal issues over its true ownership.

The ship can accommodate 12 guests and a crew of 28, according to Moran Yacht & Ship, which oversaw its construction. It features a master deck with a private jacuzzi, full-service spa, lap pool, movie theater, and outdoor fireplace.

While its final sale price was not public, it was listed for 149 million euros, or about $158 million at the time of the sale.

Schmidt charters the yacht for about $1.4 million a week — an opportunity his fellow billionaire, Magic Johnson, has taken advantage of. In the summer of 2025, he posted videos and photos from a weekslong Mediterranean vacation aboard Whisper, including workouts in the outdoor gym and a toga party with the crew.

Barry Diller: Eos

Billionaire Barry Diller, the chairman of digital media company IAC, co-owns the megayacht Eos with his wife, fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg, who is immortalized by a figurehead sculpture by Anh Duong.

One of the largest private sailing yachts in the world, the three-masted Lürssen schooner measures 93 meters long. It took three years to build before being delivered to Diller in 2009, and little has been revealed about its interior and features since then.

The power couple has hosted many celebrities on the Eos, which spends its summers crisscrossing the Mediterranean and New Year's Eve in St. Barts. Over the years, guests have included Oprah Winfrey, Emma Thompson, Anderson Cooper, and Bezos, leading some to believe it provided inspiration for his Koru.

Jim Clark: Athena

Netscape founder Jim Clark purchased the 90-meter sailing yacht Athena in 2004.

"I could easily have built a 50- or 60-meter motor yacht that would have had the same space as Athena, but I was never really interested in building a motor yacht," he told Boat International in 2016. "To my eye, she's one of the most gorgeous large sailing yachts, maybe the most gorgeous large sailing yacht in the world."

Athena has room for 10 guests and 21 crew members.

"If I was forced to change something, I would convert the office on the lower deck into a children's room," he said.

The former Stanford professor tried to sell it at various points — listing it for $95 million in 2012, $69 million in 2016, and $59 million in 2017 — but it has yet to change hands.

Larry Ellison: Musashi

Oracle founder Larry Ellison has owned several superyachts over the years, including the Katana, the Ronin, and the Rising Sun, which he sold to fellow billionaire David Geffen.

He purchased his current boat, Musashi, in 2011 for a reported $160 million from custom-yacht giant Feadship.

Named after a famous samurai warrior, the 88-meter-long yacht has both Japanese and Art Deco-inspired design elements. It also boasts amenities such as an elevator, swimming pool, beauty salon, gym, and basketball court.

Ellison is known for his extravagant spending — private islands, jets, a tennis tournament — and yachting is among his favorite and most expensive hobbies. He took up racing them in the 1990s and financed the America's Cup-winning BMW Oracle Racing team.

Laurene Powell Jobs: Venus

Steve Jobs' widow, investor and philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs, inherited a nearly finished 78-meter yacht named Venus when the Apple cofounder died in 2011.

After spending years vacationing on Ellison's yachts — Venus and Musashi come from the same shipyard, Feadship — Jobs wanted one for himself. He designed Venus with French starchitect and decorator Philippe Starck, and it was worth $130 million at completion.

"Venus comes from the philosophy of minimum," Starck said of its design. "The elegance of the minimum, approaching dematerialization."

Jobs and Starck began working together in 2007, the designer told Vanity Fair, and held monthly meetings over four years. Venus was delivered in 2012 to Jobs' specification: six identical cabins, a design to ensure spaces of absolute silence, and the most up-to-date technology.

"There will never again be a boat of that quality again. Because never again will two madmen come together to accomplish such a task," Starck told the magazine. "It was not a yacht that Steve and I were constructing, we were embarked on a philosophical action, implemented according to a quasi-religious process. We formed a single brain with four lobes."

Charles Simonyi: Norn

Early Microsoft employee Charles Simonyi has purchased two megayachts from the German shipyard Lürssen: the 90-meter Norn and 71-meter Skat.

Delivered in 2023, Norn is full of luxe features, including an outdoor cinema and a pool floor that lifts to become a light-up dancefloor. It shares a militaristic style with Skat, which Simonyi sold in 2021 after listing it for 56.5 million euros.

"The yacht is to be home away from my home in Seattle, and its style should match the style of the house, adapted for the practicalities of the sea," Simonyi once said of Skat.

Sindhu Sundar contributed to an earlier version of this story.

Correction: May 6, 2024 — An earlier version of this story misstated Giovanna Vitelli's title. She is the chair of the Azimut Benetti Group, not a vice president.

• Billionaire Gabe Newell bought Oceanco, the Dutch superyacht builder behind Jeff Bezos' Koru.
• Newell, the cofounder of video game developer Valve, owns at least one Oceanco superyacht.
• The shipyard is known for building fully customized yachts that cost well into the nine figures.

Some gamers spend weekends on the couch. Others spend them luxuriating in the most expensive assets money can buy.

Gabe Newell, the cofounder of video game developer Valve Corporation, has purchased Oceanco, the Dutch builder behind some of the world's most prominent superyachts.

The amount that Newell, who Forbes reports is worth $9.5 billion, paid for the shipbuilder has not been disclosed. The previous owner, Mohammed Al Barwani, purchased Oceanco in 2010.

Neither Newell nor Oceanco responded to requests for comment from Business Insider.

Newell's Valve is behind some of the most beloved video games, including the "Half-Life" and "Portal" series. It also created Steam, the biggest PC gaming platform, and the handheld PC gaming device Steam Deck.

With Oceanco, he's moving into sun decks and main decks.

The shipyard has built some of the most renowned superyachts and only delivers a couple of fully customized vessels, which cost well into the nine figures, each year.

Its largest build to date is Koru, Jeff Bezos's 127-meter-long sailing yacht, which was delivered in 2023 to much fanfare and has been praised for its aesthetics.

The Koru build had its controversial moments. Oceanco initially requested that a historic bridge be dismantled to deliver the yacht, but then rescinded the request. Separately, the company was fined for failing to properly trace the teak used to craft some of Koru's furniture and interiors.

Oceanco is also behind Alfa Nero, the 82-meter yacht seized from a Russian oligarch in 2023, and Bravo Eugenia, the 109-meter yacht owned by billionaire Jerry Jones.

Newell owns at least one Oceanco design: Draak, a 91.5-meter-long yacht with a helipad, spa, gym, and swimming pool. He is also rumored to be the future owner of Oceanco Y722, a 111-meter project expected to be delivered later this year.

While the prices of Oceanco's new deliveries are largely kept under wraps, the six yachts for sale from the builder range in price from $5.8 million for a 49-meter vessel built in 1995 to $341 million for a 105-meter superyacht built in 2000.

Newell will take a hands-off approach and plans to "leave the team alone," according to a press release from August 1 announcing the acquisition. There is hope, however, that his tech background will influence production.

"What happens when you let yachtbuilders talk to worldbuilders? When craftsmen get access to tech usually reserved for game devs and mad scientists?" the press release says. "You get innovation that doesn't just look good. It feels good."

• Former Amazon principal engineer Steve Huynh says every company should replicate Amazon's culture of reading.
• On the Pragmatic Engineer podcast, Huynh said that he spent one to four hours every day reading six-page memos.
• He said meetings with a "study hall" where attendees read the memos ensured everyone was up to speed.

When Steve Huynh was a principal engineer at Amazon, meetings began with a "study hall."

Amazon had a "reading culture" even among engineers, Huynh recently told the Pragmatic Engineer podcast, speaking of his time at the tech giant. Employees frequently drafted six-page memos, he said, which they shared with the company to update progress and demonstrate new projects.

"I spent on the order of like 1-4 hours every day reading while I was a principal engineer," Huynh said. "What an amazing culture that I think that almost every other company should replicate if they could."

Huynh, who said the company's embrace of writing and reading the 6-page memos was part of its "secret sauce," said Amazon employees' writing was often constrained to the format during his tenure at the company, whether it was a business strategy, system design, or press release.

Huynh started at Amazon in 2006, only a few years after the company turned its first profit and while Jeff Bezos was at the helm. Bezos famously instilled this culture of memo-writing from the top down.

Bezos insisted on dense, direct memos in 10-point font. In his 2017 letter to shareholders, Bezos wrote that "we don't do PowerPoint," instead opting for these six-pagers. "Not surprisingly, the quality of these memos varies widely," he wrote.

Before meetings, Amazon employees read these memos together. On the Lex Fridman Podcast in 2023, Bezos explained why he didn't ask employees to read the memos in advance.

"The problem is people don't have time to do that, and they end up coming to the meeting having only skimmed the memo, or maybe not read it at all," Bezos said. "They're also bluffing like they're in college, having pretended to do the reading."

Andy Jassy, Bezos' successor and Amazon's current CEO, has worked at the company since 1997. When first pitching what would become Amazon Web Services, Jassy described writing his own memo.

"I remember this six-page narrative, we called it a vision doc. We asked for 57 people, which felt so ballsy at the time. I was so nervous, I wrote 30 drafts of this paper, and Jeff didn't blink," Jassy said in a 2017 talk to the University of Washington.

Jassy has continued the culture of memo-writing under his own leadership. In his 2024 letter to shareholders, Jassy wrote that a mere six-page allotment made the memos "much easier for the audience to engage with and ask the right 'why' questions."

"I got really really good at just reading these documents to get up to speed," Huynh said on the podcast, explaining that reading enough six-page memos taught him to express himself in the same format.

Huynh no longer works at Amazon. He left to pursue YouTube content creation full-time, as he told BI in 2024. But Huynh still reveres the company's reading culture — even if he acknowledges it may not be easily reproducible.

"The difficulty would be, you actually have to be disciplined and principled," Huynh said. His interviewer, Gergely Orosz, argued it could only be done from the top down. Huynh agreed.

• Jeff Bezos' wedding to Lauren Sánchez is set to take place this week in Venice.
• Power players in the business and political spheres have begun to arrive in Italy to celebrate.
• The wedding has also drawn unwelcome guests: protesters.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's multiday wedding is kicking off this week, and power players from the worlds of politics, business, and Hollywood are set to converge in Venice to celebrate.

The Amazon founder and his fiancée, a former news anchor, are getting married in the Floating City in front of about 200 of their closest family and friends.

Some of the famous faces expected to attend have already begun to arrive in Italy.

First daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, arrived at Venice's Marco Polo airport on Tuesday and were photographed taking a water taxi to the St. Regis hotel. Fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg, who has a home in Venice, was also photographed arriving at Marco Polo.

According to social media posts, Tony Gonzalez, the NFL Hall of Famer and Sanchez's ex-boyfriend, and his family are in Italy, including his current wife — and Sánchez's close friend — October Gonzalez. Fox Sports broadcaster Charissa Thompson has posted from Lake Como.

Both October and Thompson were at Sanchez's star-studded bachelorette party. Kris Jenner, Kim Kardashian, and Katy Perry also flew to Paris in May to celebrate the bride-to-be.

The guest lists at Bezos and Sánchez's two engagement parties — one on Bezos' yacht Koru and the other at billionaire Barry Diller and von Furstenberg's Beverly Hills home — may also provide a preview of who will attend the actual nuptials. The previous events included Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Since Bezos and Sanchez's relationship went public in 2019, they have been a fixture of A-list events, such as the Met Gala, Vanity Fair Oscars Party, and Formula 1 races, often photographed with celebrities, rather than people from the tech world.

Guests are expected to stay at some of the city's most expensive hotels, like The Gritti Palace, Hotel Cipriani, and Aman, which are largely booked for the week. Rooms at these properties can cost upward of $10,000 a night.

Some unwelcome guests are also planning on attending. Venice locals have been protesting against Bezos ahead of the wedding this month, with signs posted around the city that read "No space for Bezos."

Protest organizers, who have cited concerns with overtourism, have vowed to disrupt the wedding, saying they would potentially try to block access to some venues. The city, for its part, has denounced the protests and said it welcomes the wedding.

Here is the full list of reported wedding guests:

• Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner
• Diane von Furstenberg
• Tony and October Gonzalez
• Charissa Thompson

This list is being updated as attendees arrive in Venice.

• Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez will wed in Venice this week.
• The event is expected to have a star-studded guest list drawing from the worlds of politics, Hollywood, and business.
• The couple went public with their relationship in 2019 and became engaged in 2023.

Private planes and yachts are headed to Venice, Italy, this week as the rich and famous gather for what is sure to be among the most extravagant weddings of the season: that of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez.

While Bezos, 61, and Sánchez, 55, who went public with their relationship in January 2019, have yet to share any details about the event, the wedding has sparked both intrigue and anger.

The couple invited about 200 guests, the city of Venice said in a statement, and London-based Lanza and Baucina, a discreet event production firm, is planning the festivities.

Media reports have speculated that Bezos' $500 million superyacht Koru and the Scuola Grande della Misericordia, a large-scale event space, could serve as venues.

As could be expected with the third-richest person in the world, the event will likely be costly.

Roberta Camille Lione, a luxury wedding planner and founder of Italian Knot, told Business Insider that a budget of more than 10 million euros, or about $11.5 million, is plausible for a high-end, multiday celebration in Venice.

"European glamour is having a bit of a renaissance" right now, luxury wedding planner and event producer Sarah Haywood told BI.

"Whoever you are, on your wedding day, you want a day that's more special than your ordinary everyday," Haywood said. "But if your ordinary everyday is Jeff Bezos', that's a challenge."

Here's what we know about the highly anticipated event so far.

The wedding is expected to draw a star-studded guest list — and protests

On Tuesday, A-listers started to arrive in Venice ahead of the event. Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were photographed taking a water taxi to the St. Regis hotel, while Diane von Furstenberg was spotted landing at the Marco Polo hotel.

If their two engagement parties — one on Koru and the other at billionaire Barry Diller and von Furstenberg's Beverly Hills home — are any indication, the wedding will be a gathering of the world's most powerful people. Guests at the two previous events included Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, and Leonardo DiCaprio. Sánchez's bachelorette party in Paris was just as star-studded, with Kris Jenner, Kim Kardashian, and Katy Perry in attendance.

The guests are expected to stay at some of the city's most luxurious hotels. The Gritti Palace, Hotel Cipriani, and Aman, where rooms can cost upward of $10,000 a night, are largely booked for the week.

While Venice has insisted it is equipped to handle the ceremony, citing its "experience in international events much larger than this," the event has already sparked protests from Venice locals concerned about overtourism. Protest organizers, who put up signs that say "No space for Bezos," have also said they plan to disrupt the wedding.

A spokesperson for Bezos and Sánchez declined to confirm details of the event, but pointed to a statement from planner Lanza and Baucina.

"Rumours of 'taking over' the city are entirely false and diametrically opposed to our goals and to reality," the statement said. "No exaggerated quantity of water taxis or gondolas have ever been booked, the number of taxis reserved being proportionate for the number of guests."

"As Municipality of Venice, from the beginning, we are mutually working and supporting the organizers, to ensure that the event will be absolutely respectful of the fragility and uniqueness of the city. For this reason, we will work together for best result. Whoever loves Venice will always be welcome," Luigi Brugnaro, the mayor of Venice, said in a statement.

The story of Bezos and Sánchez

Bezos and Sánchez have been together since at least January 2019, when the National Enquirer tabloid newspaper outed their relationship, saying it had obtained explicit text messages sent between the pair.

Shortly after, Bezos and his now ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, announced their separation. By the end of that year, both parties had finalized their divorces — Bezos to MacKenzie Scott and Sánchez to Patrick Whitesell, the executive chairman of Endeavor — and the couple was making public appearances at events like the Allen & Company conference in Sun Valley and Wimbledon.

Since then, they have frequently appeared together, whether aboard Koru or on red carpets at the Vanity Fair Oscars Party and Met Gala.

The couple confirmed their engagement in May 2023.