Family of Jeff Bezos

• File:Lauren Sanchez adjusted.jpgTed Jorgensen (1944–2015) is the Danish-American biological father of Bezos.Brad Stone, (2013). The Everything Store. United States: Little, Brown. {{ISBN|978-0-316-21926-6}} Jorgensen was a unicycle hockey player as a youth, and a bicycle shop owner as an adult.Steven Ellis (13 March 2021) [https://thehockeynews.com/news/the-weird-wild-and-wacky-world-of-unicycle-hockey The Weird, Wild and Wacky World Of Unicycle Hockey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928072809/https://thehockeynews.com/news/the-weird-wild-and-wacky-world-of-unicycle-hockey|date=2022-09-28}}, The Hockey News He left Bezos' mother and Bezos when Bezos was an infant.
• Miguel Bezos (born 1945 or 1946{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Circles |date=2023-01-15 |title=One Brave Cuban Boy and Amazon |url=https://havanatimes.org/features/one-brave-cuban-boy-and-amazon/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206071421/https://havanatimes.org/features/one-brave-cuban-boy-and-amazon/ |archive-date=2023-02-06 |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=Havana Times |language=en-US}}) is the step-father of Jeff Bezos.{{Cite web |last=Clifford |first=Catherine |date=2019-05-16 |title=Jeff Bezos says dad emigrated from Cuba alone at 16: 'His grit, determination, optimism are inspiring' |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/16/how-jeff-bezos-dad-who-came-from-cuba-alone-at-16-inspires-him.html |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=CNBC |language=en |archive-date=2022-10-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012212812/https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/16/how-jeff-bezos-dad-who-came-from-cuba-alone-at-16-inspires-him.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2017-03-16 |title=Miguel Bezos |url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/family-voices/individuals/miguel-bezos |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224193058/https://americanhistory.si.edu/family-voices/individuals/miguel-bezos |archive-date=2020-12-24 |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=National Museum of American History |language=en}} He was born in Cuba and moved to the United States in 1962.{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Circles |date=2023-01-15 |title=One Brave Cuban Boy and Amazon |url=https://havanatimes.org/features/one-brave-cuban-boy-and-amazon/ |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=Havana Times |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206071421/https://havanatimes.org/features/one-brave-cuban-boy-and-amazon/ |url-status=live }} He is the vice-president and the co-founder of the Bezos Family Foundation.
• Jackie Bezos (born 1946) is the mother of Jeff Bezos. She was married to Jorgensen from 1963 to 1965. She later married Miguel Bezos.{{Cite web |last=Lipchik |first=Saul |date=2022-08-16 |title=Meet Jeff Bezos’ billionaire parents, Jacklyn and Miguel ‘Mike’ Bezos |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3188951/meet-jeff-bezos-billionaire-parents-jacklyn-and-miguel |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en |archive-date=2023-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601183539/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3188951/meet-jeff-bezos-billionaire-parents-jacklyn-and-miguel |url-status=live }}
• Mark Bezos (born 1967) is the half brother of Jeff Bezos.{{Cite magazine |last=Bayers |first=Chip |date=March 1, 1999 |title=The Inner Jeff Bezos |url=https://www.wired.com/1999/03/bezos-3/ |magazine=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028 |access-date=2022-07-09}} He is a space tourist, a volunteer fire fighter, and former advertising executive.{{cite news |last1=Lacy |first1=Lisa |date=June 7, 2021 |title=Former Ad Exec to Join Billionaire Brother in Space |work=AdWeek |url=https://www.adweek.com/commerce/former-ad-exec-to-join-billionaire-brother-in-space/ |access-date=May 26, 2023 |archive-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825122155/https://www.adweek.com/commerce/former-ad-exec-to-join-billionaire-brother-in-space/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Hall |first=Louise |date=20 July 2021 |title=Who is Mark Bezos? Meet the younger brother of Jeff Bezos who will accompany him to space |work=Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/space/mark-bezos-jeff-blue-origin-space-b1887068.html |accessdate=20 July 2021 |archive-date=20 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720122030/https://www.independent.co.uk/space/mark-bezos-jeff-blue-origin-space-b1887068.html |url-status=live }}
• Lauren Sánchez (born 1969) got engaged to Bezos in May 2023. She is a former journalist and current philanthropist.{{Cite web |last=Rosenbloom |first=Alli |last2=Melas |first2=Chloe |date=2023-05-22 |title=Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez are engaged |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/22/entertainment/jeff-bezos-lauren-sanchez-engaged/index.html |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525225120/https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/22/entertainment/jeff-bezos-lauren-sanchez-engaged/index.html |url-status=live }} Sánchez is Mexican-American.{{cite web |date=2019-01-18 |title=Inside Lauren Sanchez's Life Before Jeff Bezos |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1006233/multiple-engagements-a-controversial-pregnancy-and-a-list-friends-inside-lauren-sanchez-s-life-before-jeff-bezos |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=E! Online |archive-date=2023-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101134430/https://www.eonline.com/news/1006233/multiple-engagements-a-controversial-pregnancy-and-a-list-friends-inside-lauren-sanchez-s-life-before-jeff-bezos |url-status=live }}
• MacKenzie Scott (born 1970) is the former wife of Bezos, marrying him in 1993 and divorcing him in 2019.{{Cite web |last=Snider |first=Mike |date=January 9, 2019 |title=Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and wife MacKenzie to divorce after 25 years of marriage |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2019/01/09/amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-wife-mackenzie-divorce-after-25-years/2523544002/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109190914/https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2019/01/09/amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-wife-mackenzie-divorce-after-25-years/2523544002/ |archive-date=January 9, 2019 |access-date=January 9, 2019 |newspaper=USA Today}} Scott is a writer,{{Cite web |date=December 22, 2020 |title=7 Things To Know About MacKenzie Scott, The Woman Who Donated $6 Billion In 2020 |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/news/article/mackenzie-scott |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808080943/https://www.vogue.co.uk/news/article/mackenzie-scott |archive-date=August 8, 2022 |access-date=December 24, 2020 |website=British Vogue |language=en-GB}} philanthropist,{{Cite web |last=Schleifer |first=Theodore |date=May 28, 2019 |title=MacKenzie Bezos signed the philanthropic commitment her ex-husband spurned |url=https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/5/28/18641623/mackenzie-bezos-giving-pledge-philanthropy-jeff-bezos-divorce |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527201045/https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/5/28/18641623/mackenzie-bezos-giving-pledge-philanthropy-jeff-bezos-divorce |archive-date=May 27, 2020 |access-date=May 31, 2020 |website=Vox}} and co-founder of Amazon.com.{{Cite news |last1=Bromwich |first1=Jonah Engel |last2=Alter |first2=Alexandra |date=January 12, 2019 |title=Who Is MacKenzie Scott? |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/12/style/jeff-bezos-mackenzie-divorce.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=December 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613163748/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/12/style/jeff-bezos-mackenzie-divorce.html |archive-date=June 13, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}

Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie are the parents of four children: three sons, and one daughter adopted from China.{{cite news |last=Whoriskey |first=Peter |date=August 12, 2013 |title=For Jeff Bezos, a new frontier |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/for-bezos-the-post-represents-new-frontier/2013/08/10/ba7cfeb6-013c-11e3-9a3e-916de805f65d_story.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916053753/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/for-bezos-the-post-represents-new-frontier/2013/08/10/ba7cfeb6-013c-11e3-9a3e-916de805f65d_story.html |archive-date=September 16, 2017}}{{cite news |date=March 24, 2016 |title=Jeff Bezos Fast Facts |publisher=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/05/us/jeff-bezos-fast-facts |url-status=live |access-date=August 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810152735/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/05/us/jeff-bezos-fast-facts/ |archive-date=August 10, 2014}}{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Sindhu Sundar, Britney Nguyen, Sarah |title=Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are reportedly engaged — here's a look inside their family |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/meet-the-family-of-jeff-bezos-and-lauren-sanchez |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526014522/https://www.businessinsider.com/meet-the-family-of-jeff-bezos-and-lauren-sanchez |url-status=live }}

Jackie and Miguel also gave birth to Jeff's half sister Christina.{{Cite web |date=2021-06-13 |title=Meet Mark Bezos, accompanying big bro Jeff Bezos on his upcoming space flight |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/tech-design/article/3136954/who-mark-bezos-amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-picked-his-younger |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en |archive-date=2023-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322153437/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/tech-design/article/3136954/who-mark-bezos-amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-picked-his-younger |url-status=live }}

The family features in Brad Stone's 2013 book The Everything Store{{Cite web |last=Barr |first=Alistair |date=10 October 2013 |title=Bike shop owner discovers he's father of Amazon founder |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/10/10/bezos-amazon-biological-father/2959633/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327035136/https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/10/10/bezos-amazon-biological-father/2959633/ |archive-date=2023-03-27 |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}} and in the 2022 biographical film Bezos: The Beginning, directed by Khoa Le.{{Cite web |last=Ritman |first=Alex |date=2022-11-04 |title=AFM: ‘Bezos The Beginning’ Delves into the Business Brain Before the Billions |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bezos-the-beginning-biopic-film-amazon-1235255286/ |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526023311/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bezos-the-beginning-biopic-film-amazon-1235255286/ |url-status=live }} The film was based on the 2021 book Zero to Hero, Bezos: The Beginning ({{ISBN|979-8709873797}}).{{Cite web |last=Miraanda |first=Alex |date=2023-01-23 |title=Bezos the Beginning |url=https://wsvn.com/entertainment/deco-drive/bezos-the-beginning/ |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=7 News Miami |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526023313/https://wsvn.com/entertainment/deco-drive/bezos-the-beginning/ |url-status=live }}

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