Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez wedding in Venice

Instagram/Reuters Lauren Sánchez wears a Dolce & Gabbana haute couture gown while Jeff Bezos places his arm around her while wearing a smart black tuxedo

Billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos tied the knot with TV presenter Lauren Sanchez in a lavish wedding in Venice on Friday.

Reality stars, actors, royals and a whole host of A-listers were trailed by paparazzi in water taxis as they made their way to the three-day event.

Oprah Winfrey, Orlando Bloom, Kylie Jenner and Ivanka Trump were just some of the celebrities seen in the city for the star-studded event.

The festivities are expected to end on Saturday with a large party in a former medieval shipyard, where Lady Gaga and Elton John are expected to perform.

Wearing a lace Dolce & Gabbana haute couture gown that took 900 hours of atelier work, Sanchez told photographers that she “felt like a princess”.

Sanchez, 55, was later seen beaming alongside a jubilant Bezos, 61, after the ceremony, in a picture posted on Instagram, which was captioned with a love heart and the date.

An estimated 200 people, 70 of whom are family, were invited to the nuptials, though Sanchez told Vogue that the event was “extremely intimate”.

Friday’s ceremony took place on the small island of San Giorgio, where Matteo Bocelli – son of Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli – reportedly performed.

Oprah Winfrey, who attended the pair’s engagement party in 2023, was among the 200 guests

Getty Images Oprah Winfrey in Venice, Italy, for the wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez. Oprah is wearing a brown and white patterned dress and her hair is styled in loose waves. — Oprah Winfrey, who attended the pair’s engagement party in 2023, was among the 200 guests

Kim and Khloe Kardashian shared pictures from the event, and were later photographed speeding away in a water taxi

Reuters Kim and Khloe Kardashian pout and make a 'v' sign with their fingers as their mother Kris Jenner snaps a picture on a boat in Venice. — Kim and Khloe Kardashian shared pictures from the event, and were later photographed speeding away in a water taxi

Actor Orlando Bloom posed for photographers as he left the event

Reuters Orlando Bloom making a peace sign at cameras on a boat at Jeff Bezos's wedding in Venice. — Actor Orlando Bloom posed for photographers as he left the event

A tuxedo-clad Bezos waved from a small motor boat

Getty Images Jeff Bezos in dark glasses and tuxedo waving from the back of a small motor boat in Venice on 27 June 2025. — A tuxedo-clad Bezos waved from a small motor boat

While the exact cost of the wedding is not known, estimates range from $20m (£14m) to more than $50m.

The event has attracted protests from a variety of groups in Venice, from locals fighting over-tourism to climate change activists.

This will be the second wedding for both Sanchez and Bezos.

The couple have seven children between them from previous marriages and relationships.

They got engaged in May 2023 on board their 417-foot sailing yacht, Koru, named after a Maori symbol for “new life.”

In November 2023, the pair held an engagement party in Beverly Hills, with Oprah Winfrey, Salma Hayek Pinault, Barbra Streisand, Kris Jenner in attendance.