Despite the $47-56 million price tag, Bezos' lavish wedding to Lauren Sanchez cost him less than one percent of his net worth.

“The issue that is now coming to light, symbolized by Jeff Bezos’ marriage, speaks to us about the real, everyday problems linked to mass tourism and to a city that is completely imagined, conceived and increasingly built to be a backdrop,” she said, “when in reality, it is not—it is a place where people actually live.”

Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez, a journalist, author and helicopter pilot, have departed Italy after they tied the knot during a multi-day wedding extravaganza. The billionaire husband and wife were photographed waving goodbye as they left a luxury hotel in Venice.