{"id":15147347,"date":"2026-06-07T19:25:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T23:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/david-rubenstein-and-caryn-zucker-married-in-a-surprise-wedding-on-friday\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T00:09:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T04:09:58","slug":"david-rubenstein-and-caryn-zucker-married-in-a-surprise-wedding-on-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/david-rubenstein-and-caryn-zucker-married-in-a-surprise-wedding-on-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"David Rubenstein and Caryn Zucker Married in a Surprise Wedding on Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In what the photographer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZN3v8ekXAy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tony Powell called \u201cthe best-kept wedding secret<\/a> of the year,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonian.com\/2023\/03\/27\/billionaire-david-rubenstein-sure-funds-a-lot-of-dc-stuff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">philanthropist, Baltimore Orioles owner, and Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein<\/a> and Caryn Zucker married in a surprise wedding on Friday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to Axios,<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/06\/07\/david-rubenstein-caryn-zucker-wedding-john-roberts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rubenstein and Zucker were officially wed\u2014after four and a half years together\u2014by Chief Justice John Roberts at the Supreme Court on Friday morning, followed by a religious ceremony officiated by Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt <\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/06\/07\/david-rubenstein-caryn-zucker-wedding-john-roberts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at the Sixth &amp; I synagogue<\/a>, and celebrated with an intimate lunch with their families on the rooftop at the Hay-Adams.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Per Powell\u2019s Instagram post, while the day had been booked in advance, Powell wasn&#8217;t told the occasion was a wedding until 15 minutes before it started.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From the photos, it appears the groom wore a navy pin-stripe suit with a light blue tie, while the bride donned a cream dress (we suspect the Staud \u201cAmelie\u201d)\u2014with a striking oval engagement ring\u2014and carried a bouquet of white ranunculus<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0;width: calc(100% - 2px)\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZN3v8ekXAy\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: 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the photographer Tony Powell called \u201cthe best-kept wedding secret of the year,\u201d\u00a0philanthropist, Baltimore Orioles owner, and Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein and Caryn Zucker married in a surprise wedding on Friday.\u00a0 According to Axios, Rubenstein and Zucker 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