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Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez send out wedding invites after nearly 2-year engagement

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his fiancée Lauren Sanchez have finally sent out their wedding invitations after a nearly two-year engagement, . 

The second-richest man in the world and Sanchez will be married in Venice, Italy this summer.

Bezos, 61, and Sanchez, 55, were engaged in May 2023, four years after the billionaire ended his 25-year marriage to wife MacKenzie Scott — and the same year .

Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos attended the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 02, 2025 in Beverly Hills. FilmMagic

on their $500 million yacht, Koru, off the coast of Italy in June. Word of the invitations hitting the mail was first reported by .

The couple was rumored to be tying the knot in Colorado in December, but the Washington Post owner  the false information.

Bezos proposed with a 20-carat, $2.5 million sparkler, Sanchez recalled to Vogue, telling the outlet she “blacked out a bit” during the big moment.

After their engagement, the couple  on their megayacht in Positano, Italy with star guests including Bill Gates, Ari Emanuel, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, Queen of Jordan Rania Al Abdullah and Kris Jenner.

Founder of Amazon and Blue Origin Jeff Bezos Lauren Sanchez depart inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. Getty Images
The couple were rumored to be getting married in December, but Bezos shutdown the apparently false information. AFP via Getty Images

Sanchez, a former journalist, was  at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party hitting the red carpet looking wedding-ready in a white strapless mermaid gown by Oscar de la Renta.

The pair also attended President Trump’s second inauguration in Washington, DC earlier this year.

Sanchez and Sanchez will be married in Venice, Italy. Luciano Mortula-LGM – stock.adobe.com

Bezos’ bride to be is set to join Oprah Winfrey, Katy Perry and Gayle King with an all-women crew to space via Bezos’ space-faring company Blue Origin this spring.

The mission will mark the 11th human flight for the Bezos-owned rocket company’s New Shepard program.