Jeff Bezos was just over a year old at the time. At the time, her high school administrators told her she would not be permitted to finish her education there.Īfter she was allowed to return under strict conditions, Jacklyn Bezos graduated and later divorced from Jeff Bezos' biological father, Ted Jorgensen, after less than a year of marriage. Shaw & Co.His mother, Jacklyn Bezos, gave birth to him when she was a teenager.Īccording to CNBC, Bezos, then Jacklyn Gise Jorgensen, was barely 17 years old and a junior in high school when she gave birth to her son in 1964.
chairman and president of (1994–1996). CEO, chairman, and president of (1996–1999). owner of The Washington Post (2013–present). 
Amazon's yearly net sales, which clocked in at $510,000 in 1995, reached almost $233 billion in 2018 Bezos himself came to be the richest person in the world, with a net worth that was calculated in 2018 at $112 billion.ĬEO, chairman, and president of (2000–present) Under Bezos's guidance, Amazon-which Bezos incorporated in 1994-became the largest retailer on the Web and the model for Internet sales.
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