A Tech Mogul’s Utah Wedding Wasn’t as Small as Promised, Says Council Member
Silicon Valley investor Andrew Chen’s recent wedding at a well-known natural landmark in Utah was larger than originally stated, according to a local council member who spoke with Business Insider.
Chen, a well-known tech investor, and his AI startup founder bride, Emma Waldron, held their September wedding at the base of Castleton Tower in Utah. They had initially promised land management officials that the event would be small and simple. However, the aftermath of the Labor Day weekend ceremony indicated the event was much larger than described.
Pamela Gibson, a council member for the town of Castle Valley, expressed her disappointment with the condition of the site after the wedding, saying that whoever was responsible for cleaning up did not do the job they should have.
Chen and Waldron tied the knot at Castleton Tower over Labor Day Weekend, about 30 minutes outside Moab, Utah. However, the couple removed or privatized all photo evidence of the wedding.
Gibson said that the Bureau of Land Management rangers had to clean up the leftover trash from the ceremony and expressed her frustration with the manner in which the event was handled.
She explained that while she doesn’t blame the couple for choosing the location, the event was inappropriate and shouldn’t have happened the way it did. Officials are now asking the Bureau of Land Management to prevent similar events from taking place in the future.
Chen, who is a well-known investor and business expert in Silicon Valley, did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for a comment on the incident. The town officials are seeking an apology from the couple for the inappropriate event.