Family of Jeff Bezos
The family of Jeff Bezos, who is an American business magnate, is active in business and philanthropy. Bezos and his former wife MacKenzie Scott co-founded Amazon.
Jeff's mother and stepfather are the co-founders of the Bezos Family Foundation.
The family members have Danish-American and broader European-American ancestry, while having Mexican American and Cuban heritage through marriage and adoption.
Notable family members
- Ted Jorgensen is the Danish-American biological father of Bezos. Jorgensen was a unicycle hockey player as a youth, and a bicycle shop owner as an adult. He left Bezos and his mother when Bezos was an infant.
- Miguel Bezos is the step-father of Jeff Bezos. He was born in Cuba and moved to the United States in 1962. He is the vice-president and the co-founder of the Bezos Family Foundation.
- Jackie Bezos is the mother of Jeff Bezos. She was married to Jorgensen from 1963 to 1965. She later married Miguel Bezos.
- Mark Bezos is the half brother of Jeff Bezos. He is a space tourist, a volunteer fire fighter, and former advertising executive.
- Lauren Sánchez is Bezos’s second and current wife, marrying him in 2025. She is a former journalist and current philanthropist. Sánchez is Mexican-American.
- MacKenzie Scott is the former wife of Bezos, marrying him in 1993 and divorcing him in 2019. Scott is a writer, philanthropist, and co-founder of Amazon.com.
Other immediate family members
Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie are the parents of four children: three sons, and one daughter adopted from China.Jackie and Miguel are also the parents of Jeff's half sister Christina.