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Gise left Jorgensen to live with her parents, filing for divorce in June 1965 when Jeff was seventeen months old. [2] Gise's new husband Miguel Bezos, with Jorgensen's support, adopted Jeff. Gise and her husband and son left that area and asked Jorgensen to discontinue contact, to which he agreed, [1] relinquishing custody. [11]
Lauren Sanchez in 2010 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] Miguel Bezos (born 1945 or 1946 [3]) is the step-father of Jeff Bezos.
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.
Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen was born on January 12, 1964, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, [8] as the son of Jacklyn (née Gise) and Ted Jorgensen. [9] At the time of Jeff's birth, his mother was a 17-year-old high-school student and his father was 19. [10] Ted was a Danish American unicyclist [11] born in Chicago to a family of Baptists. [12]
Gise was the mother of Jeff Bezos whom Miguel later adopted, with the approval of Ted Jorgensen, Jeff's biological father. [6] Miguel Bezos graduated university in the fall of 1968, and took a job at Exxon, [2] in Houston, Texas. [5] In Houston, Jackie and Miguel had two more children, a daughter Christina and a son Mark Bezos. [7]
Lauren Wendy Sánchez (born December 19, 1969) is an American journalist, author and philanthropist who gained fame as an entertainment reporter and news anchor. She is a licensed pilot and founder of Black Ops Aviation.
Mark was born to parents Jackie and Miguel Bezos and has an older sister, Christine. [3] He is 3 years younger than his half-brother Jeff. [4] Mark grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Houston, Texas; and Pensacola, Florida. He finished high school in Norway. [5] He graduated from Texas Christian University in 1992. [5]
The Bezos Family Foundation is a philanthropic organization based in the United States.It was co-founded by Jackie Bezos and Miguel Bezos in 2000. Jackie Bezos and Miguel Bezos are the parents of founder and former president and chief executive officer of Amazon and founder and owner of Blue Origin Jeff Bezos.