| Net Worth: | 19,590 crores USD |
| Age: | 60 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Date Of Birth: | 1964-Jan-12 |
| Birth Place: | Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Gender: | Male |
| Wife: | MacKenzie Scott |
| Parents: | Jackie Bezos, Jacklyn |
Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American businessman, media proprietor and investor with a total assets of over 19,590 crores USD. He is the founder executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world’s largest E-commerce and cloud computing company.
Jeff Bezos Bio and Personal life
Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico as the son of Jacklyn and Ted Jorgensen on January 12, 1964. At the time his mother was a 17-year-old high-school student and his father was 19-years-old. Jorgensen was Danish American unicyclist born in Chicago to a family of Baptists.After completing high school despite challenging conditions, Jacklyn attended night school, bringing her baby with her. Jeff was studied in Montessori school in Albuquerque when he was 2 years old.
Ted Jorgensen drank and struggled financially. Jacklyn left her husband to live with her parents, filing for divorce in June 1965 when Jeff was 17 months old. After his parents divorced, his mother married Cuban immigrant Miguel “Mike” Bezos in April 1968. Shortly after the wedding, Mike adopted four-year-old Jeff, whose surname was then legally changed from Jorgensen to Bezos. Gise, her husband and her son left the area and asked Jorgensen to discontinue contact, to which he agreed.
Jeff attended River Oaks Elementary School in Houston from fourth to sixth grade. Jeff’s maternal grandfather was a regional director of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission . Lawrence retired early to his family’s ranch near Cotulla, where Jeff would spend many summers in his youth. Jeff would later purchase this land and expand it from 25,000 acres to 300,000 acres. The family moved to Miami, Florida, where Jeff attended Miami Palmetto High School. Jeff was in high school, he worked at McDonald’s as a short-order line cook during the breakfast shift.
Bezos attended the Student Science Training Program at the University of Florida.
After graduating from high school in 1982, Bezos attended Princeton University. He initially majored in physics but later switched to electrical engineering and computer science. He had a 4.2 GPA and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi. Bezos graduated from Princeton with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering