Family of Jeff Bezos

The Family of Jeff Bezos is the subject of a biographical and genealogical Wikipedia article concerning Jeff Bezos, the American businessman who founded Amazon and established the space company Blue Origin. It is not a commercial brand, corporation, or family-owned operating group in the conventional business sense. Rather, the subject brings together the immediate relatives and close family relationships connected with Bezos, several of whom have had public careers or philanthropic activities of their own. Jeff Bezos was born to Jackie Bezos and Ted Jorgensen. Jorgensen, a Danish-American, separated from Jackie while Jeff was an infant and later worked as a bicycle-shop owner after having participated in unicycle hockey as a young man. Jackie subsequently married Miguel Bezos, a Cuban immigrant who moved to the United States in 1962. Miguel adopted Jeff and helped raise him. Jackie and Miguel later became associated with the Bezos Family Foundation, with Miguel serving as a co-founder and vice-president. The foundation is connected with education and youth-focused philanthropy. The family’s public profile is closely tied to Jeff Bezos’s business career. Bezos co-founded Amazon with his former wife, MacKenzie Scott, and the company developed from an online bookstore into a large technology and commerce enterprise. Bezos also founded Blue Origin, a privately held space company. These activities have made members of his family subjects of continuing public and media interest, although the family itself does not constitute a single corporate organization or unified commercial brand. MacKenzie Scott was married to Bezos from 1993 until their divorce in 2019. She is a writer and philanthropist and was involved in the founding of Amazon. Following the divorce, Scott became known for independent philanthropic activity. Bezos and Scott have four children: three sons and a daughter adopted from China. Their children have generally remained outside the public spotlight, and publicly available reference material does not identify them by name. Jeff Bezos’s half-brother Mark Bezos has worked in advertising, served as a volunteer firefighter, and participated as a space tourist. Jeff Bezos’s mother and stepfather, Jackie and Miguel, represent the family’s Mexican American, Cuban American, and broader European American connections. The reference material also describes Mexican American heritage through Lauren Sánchez, whom Bezos married in 2025. Sánchez is a former journalist and philanthropist. The family has appeared in works of popular culture and business biography, including Brad Stone’s 2013 book The Everything Store. It is also the subject of the 2022 biographical film Bezos: The Beginning, directed by Khoa Le, which was based on the 2021 book Zero to Hero, Bezos: The Beginning. Because the subject is a family rather than a market-facing brand, information about products, brand positioning, corporate executives, campaigns, and financial performance is generally not applicable.

The family history presented in reference material begins with Jeff Bezos’s parents and the circumstances of his upbringing. His biological father, Ted Jorgensen, was Danish-American and left Jeff’s mother, Jackie, when Jeff was an infant. Jorgensen later operated a bicycle shop and had earlier been known for participating in unicycle hockey. Jackie later married Miguel Bezos, who had been born in Cuba and immigrated to the United States in 1962. Miguel became Jeff Bezos’s stepfather and helped raise him. Jackie and Miguel Bezos subsequently became involved in philanthropy through the Bezos Family Foundation. Miguel is identified as a co-founder and vice-president, while Jackie is also associated with the foundation. The family’s background consequently includes Cuban American, Mexican American, Danish-American, and broader European American connections. The reference material also notes Mexican American and Cuban heritage through marriage and adoption. Jeff Bezos’s adult family life became closely connected with the history of Amazon. He married MacKenzie Scott in 1993, and the couple co-founded Amazon. Their marriage lasted until 2019, when they divorced. They have four children, including a daughter adopted from China. Public reference material identifies the children as three sons and one daughter but does not provide their names. The extended family includes Mark Bezos, Jeff’s half-brother. Mark has been described as a former advertising executive, volunteer firefighter, and space tourist. Jeff Bezos later married Lauren Sánchez in 2025. Sánchez is described as a former journalist and philanthropist and has Mexican American heritage. The family’s public significance derives primarily from Jeff Bezos’s role in e-commerce and space exploration, MacKenzie Scott’s philanthropy and connection to Amazon, the Bezos Family Foundation, and the public careers of selected relatives. The family has also been represented in biographical works. Brad Stone’s 2013 book The Everything Store discusses the Amazon story and the Bezos family context. The family’s story was further adapted in the 2022 film Bezos: The Beginning, directed by Khoa Le, which was based on the 2021 book Zero to Hero, Bezos: The Beginning. The available source material does not establish a separate family business, formal brand strategy, product portfolio, or unified organization beyond the family’s individual activities and philanthropic associations.

• 2025

  Jeff Bezos marries Lauren Sánchez

  [1]Family of Jeff Bezosen.wikipedia.org

  Jeff Bezos marries Lauren Sánchez, who is described in the reference material as a former journalist and philanthropist.

• 2022

  Bezos: The Beginning is released

  [1]Family of Jeff Bezosen.wikipedia.org

  The biographical film Bezos: The Beginning, directed by Khoa Le, portrays the Bezos story and is based on a 2021 book of the same subject.

• 2019

  Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scott divorce

  [1]Family of Jeff Bezosen.wikipedia.org

  The marriage between Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scott ends in divorce. Scott subsequently develops an independent public profile as a philanthropist.

• 2013

  The family appears in The Everything Store

  [1]Family of Jeff Bezosen.wikipedia.org

  Brad Stone’s book The Everything Store presents the Amazon story and includes family context surrounding Jeff Bezos.

• 1993

  Jeff Bezos marries MacKenzie Scott

  [1]Family of Jeff Bezosen.wikipedia.org

  Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scott marry. They later become co-founders of Amazon and have four children.

• 1963

  Jackie Bezos marries Ted Jorgensen

  [1]Family of Jeff Bezosen.wikipedia.org

  Jackie Bezos marries Ted Jorgensen; the marriage ends in 1965.

• 1962

  Miguel Bezos moves to the United States

  [1]Family of Jeff Bezosen.wikipedia.org

  Miguel Bezos, Jeff Bezos’s future stepfather, moves from Cuba to the United States.

1. 1Family of Jeff Bezosen.wikipedia.org