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Jacklyn Bezos (née Gise, formerly Jorgensen; born December 29, 1946) is an American billionaire and philanthropist who provided the initial investment to launch Amazon.com. She is a co-founder of the Bezos Family Foundation. She is the mother of Jeff Bezos and Mark Bezos, and the ex-wife of Ted Jorgensen.
- Jeff Bezos’ Biological Parents Were Teenagers When They Had Him
- The Name Bezos Comes from His Stepfather, Who Had Fled Communist Cuba
- His Parents Loaned Him The Money to Start Amazon
- Their Combined Net Worth Is in The Billions
- They Just Bought A Real Housewife of Miami’s Mansion
The Amazon founder was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1964. His biological parents, Jacklyn Gise and Ted Jorgensen, were only 17 and 18 years old respectively, according to Business Insider. At the time of his birth, Bezos’ mum was still a high school student and his dad performed in a circus.
After Jacklyn and Miguel wed, the family moved to Houston, Texas and Miguel adopted Jeff, passing on his last name. As a teenager, Miguel, or Mike as he also goes by, fled his homeland of Cuba to escape the Communist regime. Earlier this year, Mike was honoured by the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, who celebrated his “incredible life st...
They ultimately loaned him US$245,000 in 1995, according to The Los Angeles Times. By 2020, Bezos has transformed this into US$1 trillion! Though the investment came with a great deal of risk, Bezos was clear and upfront with his parents about this. As per CNBC, Jeff admitted that there was as much as a 70 per cent chance that they might never get ...
Although the amount of Amazon stock Jeff’s parents hold is unclear, in 2018 Bloomberg estimated that, thanks to their investment, the couple alone could be worth US$30 billion, by now likely much more. That indicates the parents’ return on their investment was around an incredible 12 million per cent.
Mike and Jacklyn recently made headlines after purchasing a waterfront Florida mansion for a whopping US$44 million, reported Mansion Global. The house boasts 9,000 sq ft of living space, six bedrooms, a 3000-bottle wine cellar, 20-seater cinema and two tennis courts. So grand is the home that, in an episode of Watch What Happens Live, host and Rea...
Oct 10, 2013 · SAN FRANCISCO — Ted Jorgensen, a 69-year-old bike shop owner in Arizona, is the biological father of Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, but Jorgensen never knew until he was told late...
Mar 9, 2023 · Jeff Bezos was born Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen in Albuquerque, N.M., on Jan. 12, 1964. He's the son of Jacklyn and Ted Jorgensen. Jacklyn was only 17 years old when she gave birth to her son.
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Nov 13, 2023 · Jeff Bezos is the son of Ted Jorgensen and Jacklyn Bezos, who divorced in 1965. Miguel Bezos adopted Jeff after he wed Jacklyn in 1968; here’s everything to know about the Amazon founder’s ...
Jun 7, 2021 · Billionaire Jeff Bezos may be one of the richest men in the world, but his childhood wasn’t so different from anyone else’s. Jeff was born Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen in Albuquerque, N.M., to Jacklyn Gise Jorgensen and Ted Jorgensen.
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Jorgensen was a unicyclist who performed at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and in 1962 became the president of Albuquerque Unicycle Club, the world's first unicycle hockey club. He married Jackie Gise in 1963 and fathered Jeff with her in 1964, before divorcing her when Jeff was seventeen months old.
