Billionaire Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez make charitable donations before their wedding

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez are making a charitable donation to the city of Venice, Italy.

Power couple Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez, who are set to marry next week in Venice, discreetly donated to local charities in April 2025 as part of their wedding plans, a source told Page Six .

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez set to marry next week in Venice

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They are also inviting wedding guests, including 200 celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kim Kardashian, Bill Gates, Barbara Streisand, Ivanka Trump… to participate in charity activities.

Last May, guests were informed that instead of wedding gifts, the couple would make a donation in honor of those attending so that "Venice can continue to inspire future generations," the source said.

The festivities surrounding the wedding are expected to take place over three days on Koru, Bezos' $500 million superyacht, at San Giorgio Island and Scuola Grande della Misericordia.

According to AP , billionaire Jeff Bezos - the owner of Amazon - and journalist Sánchez are getting food and goods for the wedding from suppliers in Venice.

Additionally, it is said that visitors will receive a souvenir from Laguna B, famous for its colorful cups.

Venice residents react to billionaire Jeff Bezos' upcoming wedding

Protesters in Italy, holding banners reading "No room for Bezos!", are preparing to block canals and streets to disrupt the wedding for a variety of reasons related to issues such as overtourism and anti-capitalism.

Protesters hold up a banner reading "No room for Bezos!" on the Rialto Bridge in Venice

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"We are not against this wedding, but against the vision of Venice, as a city for people to come and consume," activist Marta Sottoriva told EuroNews .

However, Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro welcomed the wedding, saying it would have an economic impact of "millions of dollars" for local businesses.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's wedding planners have defended the couple against public backlash, saying the celebrity couple instructed them from the start of planning to be respectful of Venice and its people.

Event planning company Lanza & Baucina Limited - which organized the Venice weddings of actor George Clooney in 2014 and Salma Hayek and French businessman François-Henri Pinault in 2009 - said billionaire Jeff Bezos and the journalist personally instructed them to minimize any disruptions during the three-day wedding in Venice.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/ti-phu-jeff-bezos-va-lauren-sanchez-quyen-gop-tu-thien-truoc-le-cuoi-185250623072709872.htm