The numbers don\u2019t lie \u2013 it\u2019s going to be one hell of a bash.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”credit-name” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Black Han Sans|||on|||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ header_4_font=”|||on|||||” header_4_text_align=”center” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
Words by Charley Ross<\/strong><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/SLIDE-NINE-wedding-planner-cost-scaled.jpg” alt=”Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez wedding” title_text=”Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Leave Their Hotel – Venice” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″] The nuptials of Amazon titan Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren S\u00e1nchez have officially begun, which means we need an extensive analysis of just how much money is being spent on the wedding extravaganza. And how many celebrities will be in attendance.<\/p>\n The couple have been dating since January 2019, and got engaged in May 2023. We\u2019ve already seen a foam party take place on a superyacht as part of the celebrations, partially for S\u00e1nchez\u2019s son Evan\u2019s 19th birthday but also as a way to kick off the nuptials. A cocktail party and a pyjama party are also expected to be part of the wedding schedule.<\/p>\n Here is the complete breakdown of the ultimate numbers needed to make up and plan the Bezos-S\u00e1nchez wedding…<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/SLIDE-ONE-35mill-scaled.jpg” alt=”Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez” title_text=”Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Leave Their Hotel – Venice” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″] \u00a335million<\/strong>: This is reported to be the overall cost of the wedding, which is more than 1000x the average British salary.<\/p>\n 4-day extravaganza<\/strong>: The wedding celebrations will span 4 days, which is the same number of milimetres that Venice sinks every year.<\/p>\n 90 private jets<\/strong> will be taking guests to Venice. This equates to 2,700 tonnes of CO\u2082 for round-trip long-haul flights.<\/p>\n 250 guests<\/strong> will be in attendance at the wedding, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Oprah Winfrey and the Kardashians.<\/p>\n 400 gondolas<\/strong> have been put on standby for celebrity guests, while activists threatened to fill Venice\u2019s canals with 200 inflatable crocodiles to stop them from entering.<\/p>\n 60 water taxis<\/strong> will be ferrying attendees to the venue, versus 100 floods that occur per year in Venice due to the climate crisis.<\/p>\n \u00a33.7million diamond necklace<\/strong> \u2013 a wedding gift to S\u00e1nchez, which is worth more than 400x the average amount of savings for one person in Britain<\/p>\n \u00a325,000 \u2013<\/strong> the starting fee for Bezos\u2019 luxury wedding planners Lanza & Baucina. This is the same as the average cost of an entire wedding in the UK.<\/p>\n \u00a3350 billion<\/strong> \u2013 the estimated combined wealth of all the guests, which is almost 200x the cost of solving homelessness in the UK.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/SLIDE-FOUR-net-worth-scaled.jpg” alt=”Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez wedding” title_text=”SLIDE FOUR – net worth” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″] The celeb guest list for the Bezos-S\u00e1nchez wedding includes Oprah Winfrey, who reportedly arrived in Venice on her private jet. Donald Trump\u2019s eldest daughter Ivanka Trump, her husband Jared Kushner and their three children Arabella, Joseph and Theodore also arrived in Venice earlier this week. They were pictured arriving at the city\u2019s St. Regis Hotel by boat.<\/p>\n Mick Jagger, Leonardo DiCaprio and Orlando Bloom are also reported to be on the guest list, with Katy Perry unable to make the event due to tour commitments, amid rumours of herself and Bloom having split. Speculation has begun as to whether Orlando Bloom and Kim Kardashian will hook up over the wedding weekend.<\/p>\n Kim, her sister Khloe and her mother Kris Jenner, as well as Diane von Furstenberg and her estranged husband, Barry Diller, have also arrived for the nuptials. Diller came out as gay in May, and this is von Furstenberg\u2019s first public appearance since the news broke. Former NFL quarterback Tom Brady has also arrived in Venice via water taxi for the event.<\/p>\n The Daily Mail has also reported that Lady Gaga and Elton John will be performing at the wedding. The Rocketman star is said to own an apartment in Venice close to where the nuptials are set to take place. Gaga and John are already close friends after all, she\u2019s even godmother to his children \u2013 and they\u2019ve collaborated on songs together such as Hello Hello and Sine From Above.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/SLIDE-SIX-250-guests.jpg” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ alt=”Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez wedding” title_text=”SLIDE SIX – 250 guests”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] The details of S\u00e1nchez\u2019s wedding gown have also not been confirmed, though luxury Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana and Oscar de la Renta being the predicted top contenders for the dress and many of her other wedding looks.<\/p>\n Environmental organisations have protested against this conspicuous demonstration of wealth and status. For instance, both Greenpeace and Everyone Hates Elon released a joint statement in protest against the wedding.<\/p>\n ‘Jeff Bezos is the second-richest man in the world yet is reported to pay a 1.1 percent true tax rate,’ it reads. ‘The multi-million-dollar wedding is reportedly happening over three days, with the wedding ring alone worth as much as $5million.’ However, Venice\u2019s regional governor Luca Zaia has opposed the concerns aired by these protests, insisting that the city is able to withstand the interruption. ‘This is a city that handles 150,000 people a day,’ Zaia told Italian publication Corriere della Sera. ‘George Clooney, Fran\u00e7ois-Henri Pinault and Salma Hayek, Alexandre Arnault, Elton John and many others got married here.’ He also pointed out that the celebrations are expected to bring $23-34million to local businesses.<\/p>\n Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro has also spoke out in support of the wedding, which has already been dubbed as \u2018the wedding of the century\u2019.\u2018We will always respect the right to speak out, but we reject every form of intolerance and prejudice,\u2019 he said in an edition of Italian newspaper Il Foglio Quotidiano this week. ‘No one in Venice can claim the right of deciding who can enter, who can love, who can celebrate.\u2019<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=”#111111″ divider_position=”center” divider_weight=”2px” module_class=”custom-divider” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text module_class=”credit-texts” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|||on|||||” text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”] Photo: <\/b>Getty<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The numbers don\u2019t lie \u2013 it\u2019s going to be one hell of a bash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":11496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature","category-news"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"guestgrazia","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11488"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11499,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11488\/revisions\/11499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
An additional statement from Everyone Hates Elon says: ‘As governments talk about hard choices and struggle to fund public services, Jeff Bezos can afford to shut down half a city for days on end just to get married.’<\/p>\n