You most likely know of or have heard of Jeff Bezos. After all,
he's the man behind Amazon.com, the largest e-retailer in the world. When you get right to it, he is the man who has revolutionized
the way we shop today. He basically paved the way for online shopping and created a trend for other entrepreneurs to follow. With his net worth currently at $28.8 billion, this places him at No. 21 on Forbes' World's Billionaires list. But even a wealthy man like Jeff Bezos had to start somewhere right? In this article, we take a quick glimpse at his life so far. From his childhood to the causes he holds dear, here are
20 interesting things that you probably didn't know about Jeff Bezos.
The man who raised him wasn't his biological father
Jeffrey Preston Jorgensenlit was born on 12 January, 1964 to Jacklyn Gise Jorgensen and Ted Jorgensen. They got divorced after only being married for a year. His mother later on married another man, Miguel "Mike" Bezos, who adopted Jeff legally at the age of 4. Source:
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Achievement.org Just a boy who adored his grandfather
Jeff Bezos' maternal grandfather, Lawrence Preston Gise worked as Regional Director at the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. He played a big role in Jeff's life and was the one who got him interested in computers. Source:
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