Billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has rejected media reports that said he was set to marry his fiancée Lauren Sanchez in an extravagant $600 million wedding in Aspen, Colorado, next Saturday.

Daily Mail claimed that Mr Bezos and Ms Sanchez had been together since 2019, shortly after the businessman and his ex-wife MacKenzie Scott finalised their divorce the same year. 

The paper said the pair became engaged in May 2023 and decided to tie the knot in a lavish wedding next weekend that would cost up to $600 million.

According to the Daily Mail, the couple have reportedly fully booked an expensive sushi restaurant, Matsuhia, for Thursday and Friday to celebrate their impending marriage before a winter wonderland-themed wedding on Saturday.

High-profile individuals from Silicon Valley, Hollywood and other walks of life are expected to attend the wedding. 

Fellow billionaire businessman Bill Gates, actor Leonardo DiCaprio, and Queen Rania of Jordan are some of the people expected to be present at the ceremony, according to Page Six.

But in a swift reaction on X, formerly Twitter, Mr Bezos said the reports, which other outlets, including the New York Post, carried were false and sought immediate correction.

“This whole thing is completely false — none of this is happening. The old adage “don’t believe everything you read” is even more true today than it ever has been,” Mr Bezos said. “Now lies can get ALL the way around the world before the truth can get its pants on. So be careful out there folks and don’t be gullible. Will be interesting to see if all the outlets that “covered” and re-reported on this issue a correction when it comes and goes and doesn’t happen.”

Details of the wedding emerged days after Amazon workers in several critical hubs across the United States staged a walkout in protest over pay disputes.

Union leaders said the strikes are taking place at three delivery centres in Southern California and one each in San Francisco, New York City, Atlanta, Georgia, and Skokie, Illinois.

Reports said customers near the affected centres have started feeling the impact of the strikes, which may last through the Christmas shopping season, potentially embarrassing Amazon leadership.