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Billionaire Jeff Bezos on Sunday denied reports that he was set to spend a whopping $600 million on a star-studded wedding in Aspen with his fiancée, Lauren Sanchez.
The bridal news came from an exclusive Daily Mail report which cited three anonymous sources claiming that the Amazon founder’s lavish wedding was planned for December 28. The report claimed that actor Kevin Costner’s Dunbar Ranch and sushi restaurant Matsuhisa would be the venue for the ceremony and reception.
Many other sites picked up the story, citing the Daily Mail. One of those reports caught the attention of Bezos’ billionaire colleague Bill Ackman, who posted on X that the dollar figure was “not credible.”
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“Unless you buy each of your guests a house, you can’t spend that much money,” Ackman posted.
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez attend the Met Gala celebrating “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2024 in New York. (Cindy Ord/MG24/Getty Images for the Met Museum/Vogue/Getty Images)
Bezos, who is worth an estimated $238.5 billion, responded to Ackman’s tweet, not only disputing the price but appearing to imply there was no wedding in the works next weekend .
“Plus, this is all completely false – none of this is happening,” Bezos posted on X. “The old adage ‘don’t believe everything you read’ is even more true today than it ever was. never was.”
Bezos went on to paraphrase a quote often attributed to Mark Twain.
“Now lies can travel around the world before the truth comes out. So be careful, friends, and don’t be gullible,” he wrote.
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Bezos said it “will be interesting to see if all the media outlets that have ‘covered’ and reported on this issue correct when this comes and goes and doesn’t happen.”
Harrison Ford, Calista Flockhart, Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos attend the Conservation International gala in New York on April 25, 2024. (Yvonne Tnt/BFA.com/Shutterstock)
Bezos, 60, and Sanchez, 55, have been engaged since May 2023. Before their engagement, their relationship had lasted almost five years. Both have had previous marriages, with Bezos splitting from Mackenzie Scott after two decades.
Bezos’ net worth makes him the second richest man in the world after Elon Musk, according to Forbes.
He currently has The Washington Post and aerospace company Blue Origin.
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez arrive at the Art Basel exhibition in Miami Beach, accompanied by Lauren’s son, Nikko Gonzales, on December 7, 2023. (Mega/Backgrid / Backgrid)
“This is an important reminder to you, as the owner of one of the nation’s most important newspapers, why it is so important that you take every step necessary to ensure your journalists present the facts correctly,” Ackman said in response. It’s up to Bezos to shoot down marriage rumors.
Sánchez is a New York Times bestselling author, Emmy Award-winning journalist and vice president of the Bezos Earth Fund, according to her Instagram bio.
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Blue Origin did not immediately respond to a FOX Business inquiry about whether Bezos and Sanchez would marry the weekend after Christmas.
Aislinn Murphy of FOX Business contributed to this report.
