Jackie Bezos: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|American billionaire (born 1946)}}{{Infobox person

| nationalitybirth_place = American[[United States]]

| organization = [[Amazon.com]], [[Bezos Family Foundation]]

She is the mother of [[Jeff Bezos]] and [[Mark Bezos]], and the ex-wife of [[Ted Jorgensen]].

WasJacklyn Bezos was born as Jacklyn Gise on December 29, 1946<ref name=":1" /> to aLawrence fatherPreston Gise who worked at [[Sandia National Laboratories]].<ref name=":1" /> She grew up in [[Bernalillo]], New Mexico<ref name=":1">[[Brad Stone (journalist)|Brad Stone]], (2013). ''[[The Everything Store]]''. United States: [[Little, Brown and Company|Little, Brown]]. {{ISBN|978-0-316-21926-6}}</ref> and attended high school in [[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Clifford |first=Catherine |date=2019-06-14 |title=Jeff Bezos' single teen mom brought him to night school with her when he was a baby |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/14/jeff-bezoss-single-teen-mom-brought-him-to-night-school-with-her.html |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=CNBC |language=en |archive-date=2021-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128051520/https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/14/jeff-bezoss-single-teen-mom-brought-him-to-night-school-with-her.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In high school, Jacklyn dated unicyclist [[Ted Jorgensen]]. She became pregnant in 1963 when Jorgensen was 18 and she was 16, shortly before they got married in [[Ciudad Juárez]], Mexico. They had a second ceremony in the United States on July 19 the same year.<ref name=":1" /> Jacklyn gave birth to [[Jeff Bezos]] on January 12, 1964,<ref name=":1" /> two weeks after her 17th birthday.<ref>Tom Robinson, (2009). ''Jeff Bezos: Amazon.com Architect''. United States: ABDO Publishing {{ISBN|9781604537598}}</ref> They named the child Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen at birth.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Barr |first=Alistair |date=October 10, 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=March 27, 2023 |access-date=March 27, 2023 |website=[[USA Today]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> Her high school sought to block her from graduating, but later relented, after banning her from socialising with other students.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Lipchik |first=Saul |date=2022-08-16 |title=Meet Jeff Bezos’Bezos' billionaire parents, Jacklyn and Miguel ‘Mike’'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 }}</ref><ref name=":5" />

Jacklyn's father paid for Jorgensen's school fees,<ref name=":4" /> as heJorgensen struggled financially<ref name=":1" /> and also drank alcohol problematically.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Stone |first=Brad |author-link=Brad Stone (journalist) |date=October 10, 2013 |title=The Secrets of Bezos: How Amazon Became the Everything Store |language=en |work=[[Bloomberg News]] |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-10-10/jeff-bezos-and-the-age-of-amazon-excerpt-from-the-everything-store-by-brad-stone |url-status=live |access-date=March 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216112035/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-10-10/jeff-bezos-and-the-age-of-amazon-excerpt-from-the-everything-store-by-brad-stone |archive-date=December 16, 2022}}</ref> Jacklyn's left Jorgensen to live with her parents, filing for divorce in June 1965 when Jeff was seventeen months old.<ref name=":12">[[Brad Stone (journalist)|Brad Stone]], (2013). ''[[The Everything Store]]''. United States: [[Little, Brown and Company|Little, Brown]]. {{ISBN|978-0-316-21926-6}}</ref>

After graduating from high school, Jacklyn worked as a secretary, earning $190 a month, and left her parentparents's home to rent an apartment, living with Jeff. She worked at day and attended nighnight school in the evenings, taking Jeff to the classes.<ref name=":5" />

Jacklyn met Cuban refugee<ref name=":5" /> Miguel Bezos at night school, later marrying him.<ref name=":4" /> Miguel Bezos, with Jorgensen's support, adopted Jeff.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Barr |first=Alistair |date=October 10, 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=March 27, 2023 |access-date=March 27, 2023 |website=[[USA Today]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Jacklyn and her Miguel Bezos andrelocated bringing Jeff relocatedwith them and asked Jorgensen to discontinue contact, to which he agreed,<ref name=":02" /> relinquishing custody.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=January 2014 |title=How Bike Shop Owner Discovered He Was Jeff Bezos' Dad |work=[[Inside Edition]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP80jo1_UgU&ab_channel=InsideEdition |url-status=live |access-date=March 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327061345/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP80jo1_UgU&ab_channel=InsideEdition |archive-date=March 27, 2023}}</ref> The three moved to Houston, Texas.<ref name=":4" />

Jacklyn Miguel Bezos gave birth to daughter Christina and then son [[Mark Bezos]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

In 1995, Jacklyn and Miguel loaned Jeff US$245,573 to start [[Amazon (company)|Amazon.com]].,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mejia |first=Zameena |date=2018-08-02 |title=Jeff Bezos got his parents to invest nearly $250,000 in Amazon in 1995 — they might be worth $30 billion today |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/02/how-jeff-bezos-got-his-parents-to-invest-in-amazon--turning-them-into.html |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=CNBC |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522233145/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/02/how-jeff-bezos-got-his-parents-to-invest-in-amazon--turning-them-into.html |url-status=live }}</ref> giving them both 6% equity.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Neate |first=Rupert |date=2018-04-25 |title=Jeff Bezos: the boy who wanted to colonise space |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/25/jeff-bezos-the-boy-who-wanted-to-colonise-space |access-date=2023-07-01 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Later they relocated to Florida.<ref name=":4" />

Jacklyn and her husband are co-founders of,<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |date=2017-03-16 |title=Miguel Bezos |url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/family-voices/individuals/miguel-bezos |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=National Museum of American History |language=en |archive-date=2020-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224193058/https://americanhistory.si.edu/family-voices/individuals/miguel-bezos |url-status=live }}</ref> and major donors to, the Bezos Family Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Metcalf |first=Tom |date=2018-07-31 |title=A hidden Amazon fortune: Bezos' parents could be worth billions - BNN Bloomberg |url=https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/a-hidden-amazon-fortune-bezos-parents-could-be-worth-billions-1.1116486 |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[BNN Bloomberg]] |archive-date=2023-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329101605/https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/a-hidden-amazon-fortune-bezos-parents-could-be-worth-billions-1.1116486 |url-status=live }}</ref> Through the foundation, they donated $710.5 million to the [[Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mustak |first=Dayana |date=2022-10-12 |title=Bezos Family to Donate $711 Million to Cancer Center in Seattle |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-12/bezos-family-to-donate-711-million-to-cancer-center-in-seattle |access-date=2023-07-01 |archive-date=2023-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701192026/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-12/bezos-family-to-donate-711-million-to-cancer-center-in-seattle |url-status=live }}</ref>

* [[Jacklyn (ship)|''Jacklyn'' (ship)]], a Blue Origin ship named after Jacklyn Bezos, a landing platform vessel for rockets