Inside the Italian Fairytale: Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s Star-Studded Wedding in Venice Sparks Glamour—and Protest This week, one of the world’s richest men, Jeff Bezos, and former journalist-turned-philanthropist Lauren Sánchez, officially tied the knot in a lavish celebration that turned Venice into a real-life celebrity constellation. With A-listers flooding the ancient city’s cobblestone streets and canals, the wedding was as much a spectacle of opulence as it was a flashpoint for rising tensions between wealth, tourism, and local identity. A Venetian Love Story in San Giorgio Maggiore While official wedding details remained tightly under wraps, local sources and Italian papers had long speculated that Friday’s ceremony would take place on the tiny island of San Giorgio Maggiore , home to the iconic 16th-century Church of San Giorgio Maggiore —a majestic setting worthy of a Bezos-scale affair. Reuters confirmed the wedding occurred Friday, with a grand celebration par...