Protesters crash Bezos' Venice wedding with floating satire
Published June 27th, 2025 - 01:34 GMT
ALBAWABA - In Venice, Italy, people are both excited and angry about Jeff Bezos's wedding to media star Lauren Sánchez. Bezos is the founder of Amazon. Some called the three-day party with lots of famous people there the "Wedding of the Century," but it also led to protests.
To call attention to what they saw as an excessive show of wealth, activists float a mock figure of Bezos sitting on top of an Amazon box.A lot of important people from politics, business, and show business came to Bezos's wedding celebrations, which took place in the historic city of Venice. The couple's party was kept secret from the media and under tight security, which added to the interest and debate.According to Luca Zaia, head of the Veneto region, Jeff Bezos, the world's third-richest person with a net worth of more than $234 billion, spent between $46.5 million and $55.6 million on the wedding. People think it's one of the world's most expensive parties.Even though the party was very fancy, Bezos made a charitable promise by giving €1 million to the Corila Center, an organization that does study on the environment in the Venice lagoon.
The big wedding service was supposed to take place at the famous Arsenale, a port from the 1400s that represents Venice's nautical history. Over 90 private jets and 30 water boats were allegedly booked to carry VIP guests, and five of Venice's most expensive hotels, such as Cipriani and Aman Venice, were reserved for the 200–250 guests.
Famous people, like Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, who came back from a vacation in Tuscany, attended the event. Their attendance made the wedding even more famous around the world.A protest that was meant to be symbolic broke up the happy mood. In the waterways of Venice, a sculpture floats on the water that shows Bezos sitting on a box with the Amazon name on it. The sculpture is a creative criticism of corporate power and wealth concentration. Protest organizers said that Bezos was showing off his wealth at a time when the world economy was very poor.
The media all over the world covered Bezos's wedding, both for how fancy it was and for what it meant for society as a whole. Many people wondered if the event gave tech insiders a new level of power and exposure in global culture, since the wedding took place in Venice, a city that has long been linked with love.
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Published June 27th, 2025 - 01:34 GMT ALBAWABA - In Venice, Italy, people are both excited and angry about Jeff Bezos's wedding to media star Lauren Sánchez. Bezos is the founder of Amazon. Some called the three-day party with lots of famous people there the "Wedding of the Century," but it also led to protests. To call attention to what they saw as an excessive show of wealth, activists float a mock figure of Bezos sitting on top of an Amazon box.A lot of important people from politics, business, and show business came to Bezos's wedding celebrations, which took place in the historic city of Venice. The couple's party was kept secret from the media and under tight security, which added to the interest and to Luca Zaia, head of the Veneto region, Jeff Bezos, the world's third-richest person with a net worth of more than $234 billion, spent between $46.5 million and $55.6 million on the wedding. People think it's one of the world's most expensive though the party was very fancy, Bezos made a charitable promise by giving €1 million to the Corila Center, an organization that does study on the environment in the Venice lagoon. The big wedding service was supposed to take place at the famous Arsenale, a port from the 1400s that represents Venice's nautical history. Over 90 private jets and 30 water boats were allegedly booked to carry VIP guests, and five of Venice's most expensive hotels, such as Cipriani and Aman Venice, were reserved for the 200–250 guests. Famous people, like Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, who came back from a vacation in Tuscany, attended the event. Their attendance made the wedding even more famous around the world.A protest that was meant to be symbolic broke up the happy mood. In the waterways of Venice, a sculpture floats on the water that shows Bezos sitting on a box with the Amazon name on it. The sculpture is a creative criticism of corporate power and wealth concentration. Protest organizers said that Bezos was showing off his wealth at a time when the world economy was very poor. The media all over the world covered Bezos's wedding, both for how fancy it was and for what it meant for society as a whole. Many people wondered if the event gave tech insiders a new level of power and exposure in global culture, since the wedding took place in Venice, a city that has long been linked with love. © 2000 - 2025 Al Bawaba (
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