BIO and fact about Jeff Bezos

Bio
Real Name : Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen
Nickname :Jeff
Profession :Technology and Retail
Entreprenuer,investor and philanthropist

Height : 173 Cm
Weight : 75 kg
Eye color :Light Brown
Hair Color :White
Date Of Birth : 12 january 1964
Birth Place :Albuquerque,New Mexico,U.S
School 1. River Oaks Elementary School.
2. Miami Palmetto high school

University : Princeton University,New

Jersey,US
Educational qualification :Bachelor of science
Family

:Father,Ted Jorgensen
and Miguel Mike Bezos (step).

Mother,Jacklyn Bezos
Sister,Christina Bezos
Brother,Mark Bezos

Religion : Christianity
Hobbies :Playing golf and tennis
Wife :Mackenzie Bezos (Novelist)
Marriage Date : Year 1993
Children :Sons,3
Daughter, 1 (adopted from china)
Net worth :$131 Billion (in 2018)
Cars Collection 1. 1996 Honda Accord,
2. 1988 Chevrolet Blazer
Jet Collection : Dassault Falcon 900 EX
House/Estate 1. Three linked apartments located in
the Century, which is known as the
landmark art deco tower on
Manhattan's Central Park West
2. 12,000 square feet Beverly Hills
Mansion
3. 29,000 square feet Medina mansion
in Lake Washington

FACT ABOUT JEFF BEZOSS

1. Does Jeff Bezos smoke?: Not Known
2. Does Jeff Bezos drink alcohol?: Not Known
3. He was born to Jacklyn and Ted Jorgensen in New Mexico.
4. When Jeff was born, his mother was just 17 years old and was still in
High School.
5. Jacklyn and Ted separated just after a year of their marriage.
6. When Jeff was just 4 years old, Jacklyn married her 2nd husband,
Miguel “Mike” Bezos, a Cuban who immigrated to the US alone at the
age of 15. After the marriage, he adopted Jeff legally and took the
responsibility to raise him.
7. After the wedding, the family moved to Houston (Texas).
8. During his childhood, he developed an interest in computers from his
grandfather, Lawrence Preston Gise, who worked as Regional
Director at the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
9. From a young age, Jeff started displaying technological proficiencies
and scientific interests.
10. He was always inventing something- hovercraft, a Solar Cooker, a
Robot, an Electric Alarm, etc. He invented an Electric Alarm as a
security to keep his siblings out of his room.

11. He was considered a brilliant student at his school and was his
high school’s valedictorian.
12. His first job was with Fitel, a startup telecom company. He worked
there for two years. Later, he worked at Bankers Trust and D.E.
Shaw, an investment management firm on Wall Street.

13. While working at D.E. Shaw, he fell in love with Mackenzie (Tuttle)
Bezos who was his colleague.

14. Jeff and MacKenzie have 3 sons including 1 daughter. Their

daughter is adopted from China.

15. He quit his job at D.E. Shaw to start Amazon.com. Jeff rented a
house and started working from his garage with his 1st employee
Shel Kaphan.

16. He named Amazon.com after the Mighty South American River

and arrow in the logo of Amazon indicates that customers can buy
anything from a to z on the site.

17. He believes working with a small team and has devised a rule
called “Two Pizza Rule”: if a team cannot be fed with two pizzas, it’s
too large.

18. He is, in fact, a frugal and showed his frugality early on when he
founded Amazon.com from his garage, as he turned a wooden door
into a table.

19. He is considered a generous donor too, as he donated $2.5 for a

same-sex marriage cause in Washington when one of his employees,
Jennifer Cast asked for about $100,000 donation.

20. In 2003, he almost encountered a fatal accident, as he had a

helicopter accident that gave him minor head lacerations.

21. In 2013, he made headlines when he bought the Washington Post

for $250 million.
22. In his childhood, Jeff had an immense interest in aerospace and in
2000 he realized his dream when he started a Space company, Blue
Origin, LCC. The vision of this company is to bring down the cost of
Space travel so everyone can go into Space

23. In 2018, he became the first person to top $100 billion as number
one on the Forbes list of the World’s Billionaires.

24. In March 2018, he made headlines when he stepped out to take

his robotic dog (called SpotMini) for a walk.