Lauren Sanchez Wipes Social Media After Marrying Jeff Bezos

Lauren Sanchez Bezos has deleted all her old photographs from Instagram and updated her profile with her new name after marrying billionaire business tycoon and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on Friday in Venice.

Newsweek contacted Sanchez for comment via Instagram direct message and the Amazon press office on Saturday outside of regular office hours.

Why It Matters

Bezos and Sanchez’s wedding was a major society event with guests including the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Tom Brady, Kim Kardashian, Orlando Bloom and Bill Gates.

By deleting all her previous photographs on Instagram, the only social media platform she has a public facing account on, Sanchez could be seeking to emphasize what a life-changing experience she expects marrying the world’s fourth richest man to be.

What To Know

Following Friday’s Italian wedding, Sanchez updated her Instagram name from “Lauren Sanchez” to “Lauren Sanchez Bezos” and deleted all her old photographs from the platform.

On Friday, she posted three photographs on Instagram as an album, the first in color showing her wearing her wedding dress and the other two black and white shots of her being assisted putting the dress on.

In the post, which received over 170,000 likes from Instagram users, Sanchez wrote: “Not just a gown, a piece of poetry. Thank you @dolcegabbana for the magic you made.” The luxury fashion brand Dolce & Gabbana made Sanchez’s wedding gown.

Sanchez later added a second picture of herself in her wedding dress alongside Bezos, along with the caption “06/27/2025” and a heart emoji.

Friday’s wedding took place on San Giorgio Island, with Bezos and Sanchez seen leaving the five-star Aman hotel early on Friday for the exchange of vows.

A welcome reception was hosted on Thursday with a guest list of more than 200 including President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner. On Saturday, a wedding reception is scheduled to take place at the Arsenale, formerly the site of armories and shipyards that is located on the eastern side of Venice.

The wedding was initially intended to take place in Cannaregio, part of Venice’s historic center, but this plan was scrapped after protests were announced by local campaign group “No Space for Bezos.”

In an X post on Tuesday, No Space for Bezos wrote: “We won! The protests have managed to ruin Bezos’ plans and the little power games of Mayor Brugnaro [Venice’s Mayor Luigi Brugnaro].”

On Monday, activists from international environmental group Greenpeace and campaign group Everyone Hates Elon unfurled a giant banner in Venice’s St. Mark’s Square, calling for Bezos to pay higher taxes.

The 65×65 inch banner read: “If you can rent Venice for your wedding, you can pay more tax.”