Attention-seeking celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and Kim Kardashian caught water taxis in Venice Friday to watch Jeff Bezos, the world’s third-richest person, go through the motions of exchanging wedding vows with his equally attention-seeking bride,

Bezos and Sanchez welcomed guests Thursday night in Venice, with an event in the cloisters of the Madonna dell'Orto. The A-list guest roster is expected to include more than 200 people, whether from politics, entertainment, technology, and finance.

There has been a great deal of interest in the Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez wedding, but one celebrity is apparently not attending.