Jeff Bezos's biography
Jeff Bezos is the world's richest person and founder of the globe's biggest e-commerce empire, Amazon.com, Inc. The entrepreneur runs his own aerospace company and sub-orbital spaceflight service, hoping to make space tourism a reality in the coming years. In 2022, Bezos's net worth was estimated at an unprecedented $179 billion, and even his high-profile divorce barely dented his massive fortune.Childhood and adolescence
Jeff was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to 17-year-old Jacklyn Gise and 19-year-old Ted Jorgensen. Jeff's father owned a bike shop and moonlighted as a circus performer, doing tricks on his bike. He was pretty immature and irresponsible, preferring to party with friends and drink heavily rather than stay home with his wife and newborn son.When Jeff was about 18 months old, Jacklyn had enough – she moved back to her family home and left her husband. Soon after, she met Cuban immigrant Miguel Bezos, and they married. Miguel adopted Jeff and raised him as his own son. Soon the family had two more kids, Christina and Mark.

From early on, Jeff stood out from other kids thanks to his creative thinking and exceptional analytical skills. The boy was one of the best students in his class in elementary school. He spent countless hours on his computer, obsessed with the Star Trek video game that sparked his fascination with space.
His grandfather also heavily influenced Jeff's growing fascination with space. Having worked at the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, he shared stories with his grandson about rockets, missiles, and space missions.
Two years later, the family relocated to Miami when Miguel landed a prestigious, high-paying position. To save up some pocket money, Jeff began working at McDonald's part-time. In high school, he and his first serious girlfriend Ursula launched a summer education camp for gifted kids called the DREAM Institute.
Career
Bezos graduated from Miami Palmetto High School as a valedictorian and enrolled at Princeton University where he studied electrical engineering and computer science. In 1986, he began working at a telecommunications start-up as the head of development and director of customer service. Soon after, he transitioned to the banking industry and briefly worked at Bankers Trust before becoming senior vice-president at the hedge fund D. E. Shaw & Co.By that time Jeff Bezos began seriously contemplating starting his own business project which would provide an opportunity to realize his ambitious plans. Recognizing the Internet's explosive growth, he realized that most sales would soon shift online. After researching the most in-demand products, Jeff chose books – and it paid off big time.



In 2013, Jeff bought The Washington Post and launched a production company focused on TV series and films. A lifelong fan of space and alien movies, he even scored a cameo as an alien in the 2016 sci-fi film Star Trek Beyond.
Jeff Bezos's personal life
Jeff met his future wife, MacKenzie Tuttle, while working for D.E. Shaw. The 24-year-old MacKenzie was a research associate at the firm while Jeff was her immediate supervisor. According to the billionaire, he was immediately charmed by MacKenzie's intelligence and efficiency, and she loved his infectious laughter. She made the first move, and they got engaged just three months later, with their wedding following six months after that.
By June 2018, another $50 billion was added to Bezos's assets, which only further secured his position among the wealthiest and most influential people in the world. However, he lost a substantial chunk of his fortune in 2019 during a very public divorce from MacKenzie. The couple was happily married for 25 years.

