Private jets and power players: Guests arrive for Bezos and Sánchez wedding

Sydney Morning Herald

3 days ago

US President Donald Trump's eldest daughter, Ivanka Trump, and her husband, real estate heir Jared Kushner, were among the first public arrivals in Venice this week. The two were snapped boarding a water taxi on Tuesday evening (Venetian time).
One day later, Ivanka Trump shared a series of sightseeing photos to Instagram alongside the caption, 'Da Venezia, con amore'. It's believed her brother-in-law Joshua Kushner and his wife, model Karlie Kloss, will also join them.
Bezos' second wedding would not be the first billionaire nuptials the president's daughter has attended. In March 2024, she was among many celebrity guests flown to India to celebrate the wedding of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant. Ambani is the youngest son of Asia's richest man. Trump has been a close friend of Sánchez's for years, and has often been seen at events with the journalist and their mutual friend Kim Kardashian.
The Kardashians
Also at the Ambani wedding was Kardashian, whose Gulfstream G650ER was flying in to Venice's Marco Polo Airport from Los Angeles, according to flight documents seen by Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.
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Corey Gamble, the partner of Kardashian's mother, Kris Jenner, was snapped in Venice on Tuesday. Kardashian's sister Kylie Jenner is believed to be flying in from Budapest.
The magnates
Flight documents cited by American, British and European media outlets suggest Bill Gates is flying in from Brussels, followed closely by Rupert Murdoch's favoured heir, Lachlan Murdoch, from London. Billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones is flying from Tanzania, with film producer and record executive David Geffen travelling from Valencia, Spain.
Belgian fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg was also snapped in Venice on Tuesday evening, and it's believed Meta mastermind Mark Zuckerberg will be joining the celebrations. The jury, however, is still out on Bezos' fellow space enthusiast Elon Musk, with whom he had a 20-year-long public rivalry that may or may not be over.
The space cadets
Speaking of space, it's believed part-time astronaut Gayle King will be in the room celebrating Sánchez's nuptials following their joint zero-gravity frolic earlier this year. King's best friend, Oprah Winfrey, according to flight documents, is flying to Venice from New York.
If Katy Perry, who was also aboard the Blue Origin flight in April, somehow makes it from Adelaide to Venice and back in the one-day break between her four Lifetimes Tour shows this weekend, that would be a surprise to TMZ, which has been reporting Perry has split from long-time fiance Orlando Bloom – and that Bloom is 'making his debut as a single man during the festivities' and is 'gonna hit the dance floor hard'.
Or, perhaps, 'sneak away with Leonardo DiCaprio for some bar crawling'. If Perry and Bloom have split, however, they have yet to confirm it.
Hollywood royalty
DiCaprio is one of many famous faces who attended Bezos and Sánchez's August 2023 engagement party, which also counted actors Andrew Garfield, Tobey Maguire and Australia's own Deborra-Lee Furness among the guests. Actress Eva Longoria, a long-time friend of Sánchez, is another famous face who has been spotted at wedding-related events, most recently in Paris in May for Sánchez's bachelorette weekend.
Rumours are also swirling around musicians Lady Gaga, Mick Jagger and Elton John, who are speculated to be performing at the festivities if not attending as guests.