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The family of Jeff Bezos, the business magnate and founder of Amazon.com, is a prominent American family active in business and philanthropy. Bezos and his former wife, were the co-founders of Amazon.com.
Family members have Danish-American, Mexican American and Cuban heritage.
Notable family members
- Ted Jorgensen (1944–2015) is the Danish-American biological father of Bezos.[1] Jorgensen was a unicycle hockey player as a youth, and a bicycle shop owner as an adult.[2][1] He left Bezos mother and Bezos when Bezos was an infant.[1]
- Mark Bezos (born 1967) is the half brother of Jeff Bezos.[3] He is a space tourist, volunteer fire fighter, and former advertising executive.[4][5]
- Lauren Sánchez (born 1969) got engaged to Bezos in May 2023. She is a former journalist and current philanthropist.[6] Sánchez is Mexican-American.[7]
- MacKenzie Scott (born 1970) is the former wife of Bezos, marrying him in 1993 and divorcing him in 2019.[8] Scott is a writer,[9] philanthropist,[10] and co-founder of Amazon.com.[11]
Other immediate family members
Bezos and MacKenzie are the parents of four children: three sons and one daughter adopted from China.[12][13][14] Jackie Gise is Bezos' mother and was married to Jorgensen from 1963 to 1965.[1] Miguel Bezos, is the adoptive father of Jeff Bezos[15] and the vice-president and the co-founder of the Bezos Family Foundation.[16] Miguel Bezos was born in Cuba[16] and moved to the US in 1962.[17]
In popular culture
The family features Brad Stone's 2013 book The Everything Store[15] and in the Bezos: The Beginning a 2022 biographical film.[18] The film was based on the 2021 book Zero to Hero, Bezos: The Beginning (ISBN 979-8709873797).[19]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Brad Stone, (2013). The Everything Store. United States: Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0-316-21926-6
- ^ Steven Ellis (13 March 2021) The Weird, Wild and Wacky World Of Unicycle Hockey Archived 2022-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, The Hockey News
- ^ Bayers, Chip (March 1, 1999). "The Inner Jeff Bezos". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
- ^ Lacy, Lisa (June 7, 2021). "Former Ad Exec to Join Billionaire Brother in Space". AdWeek.
- ^ Hall, Louise (20 July 2021). "Who is Mark Bezos? Meet the younger brother of Jeff Bezos who will accompany him to space". Independent. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ Rosenbloom, Alli; Melas, Chloe (2023-05-22). "Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez are engaged". CNN. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ "Inside Lauren Sanchez's Life Before Jeff Bezos". E! Online. 2019-01-18. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
- ^ Snider, Mike (January 9, 2019). "Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and wife MacKenzie to divorce after 25 years of marriage". USA Today. Archived from the original on January 9, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
- ^ "7 Things To Know About MacKenzie Scott, The Woman Who Donated $6 Billion In 2020". British Vogue. December 22, 2020. Archived from the original on August 8, 2022. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
- ^ Schleifer, Theodore (May 28, 2019). "MacKenzie Bezos signed the philanthropic commitment her ex-husband spurned". Vox. Archived from the original on May 27, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
- ^ Bromwich, Jonah Engel; Alter, Alexandra (January 12, 2019). "Who Is MacKenzie Scott?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 13, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ Whoriskey, Peter (August 12, 2013). "For Jeff Bezos, a new frontier". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on September 16, 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
- ^ "Jeff Bezos Fast Facts". CNN. March 24, 2016. Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
- ^ Jackson, Sindhu Sundar, Britney Nguyen, Sarah. "Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are reportedly engaged — here's a look inside their family". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Barr, Alistair (10 October 2013). "Bike shop owner discovers he's father of Amazon founder". USA TODAY. Archived from the original on 2023-03-27. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
- ^ a b "Miguel Bezos". National Museum of American History. 2017-03-16. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ Robinson, Circles (2023-01-15). "One Brave Cuban Boy and Amazon". Havana Times. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ Ritman, Alex (2022-11-04). "AFM: 'Bezos The Beginning' Delves into the Business Brain Before the Billions". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ Miraanda, Alex (2023-01-23). "Bezos the Beginning". 7 News Miami. Retrieved 2023-05-26.