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Jeff Bezos has defined the international news cycle these past few days, with a cascade of events that blend high finance, ostentatious celebration, and a keen sense for spectacle. His lavish wedding to Lauren Sanchez on June 27, 2025, was nothing short of legendary: a multiday Mediterranean extravaganza aboard his half-a-billion-dollar superyacht, Koru, off the Amalfi and Venice coasts. Star-studded guest lists and stunning venues were matched in drama only by the public protests that erupted throughout Venice—local activists staged floating dummies in Bezos’s likeness and banners reading, “No Space for Bezos,” while city officials publicly weighed the honor of hosting one of the world’s wealthiest men. The Associated Press and NBC News reported that while authorities tried to downplay disruptions, protestors, housing advocates, and anti-cruise activists all rallied to make their displeasure visible.

Even as wedding toasts were made, Bezos was quietly working the markets. Fortune and the Economic Times confirm that, using a pre-arranged 10b5-1 trading plan, he sold over 3.3 million Amazon shares on his wedding day, netting a cool $735 million. This was only the start: over the following weeks Bezos liquidated a total of $5.7 billion in Amazon stock through late July, capitalizing on a bullish surge in Amazon’s price. Some of these sales also served philanthropic aims—Fortune uncovered an SEC filing showing that he donated over 633,000 shares to unnamed non-profits between May and June, aligning with his stated intent to give away most of his wealth even as he’s yet to sign The Giving Pledge.

Forbes and Bloomberg put his current net worth at an eye-watering $252 billion, keeping him firmly in the world’s top five richest people. Business intrigue aside, Bezos appears to be enjoying his newlywed era—Instagram videos and Daily Mail snapshots show him and Sanchez celebrating post-wedding, but also notably debuting a substantial new look: for the first time in over a decade, Bezos was spotted with hair, stunning fans and igniting a fresh wave of social media chatter. On the business front, Blue Origin, his space exploration company, is set to launch its next space tourism mission on August 3, keeping Bezos not only in the headlines but on the forefront of new frontiers.

With headlines crisscrossing from love and luxury to stock windfalls and protest drama, Bezos’s last few days have not only burnished his billionaire mystique but may well shape the next chapter of his public and personal narrative. No rumors of major Amazon strategy shifts or political interventions have yet surfaced—at least, not as of this latest news cycle.

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