Bezos Family Foundation

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Bezos Family Foundation
Formation2000;24 years ago (2000)
President
John E. Deasy [1]
Co-Chairs of Board of Directors and Co-Founder
Jackie Bezos and Miguel Bezos [2]
Website www.bezosfamilyfoundation.org

The Bezos Family Foundation is a philanthropic organization based in the United States. It was co-founded by Jackie Bezos and Miguel Bezos in 2000. Jackie Bezos and Miguel Bezos are the parents of founder and former president and chief executive officer of Amazon and founder and owner of Blue Origin Jeff Bezos.

Organization

The Bezos Family Foundation was co-founded in 2000 [3] by Jackie and Miguel Bezos, [4] both of whom are major donors. [5] Priorities for the organization include supporting education. [6]

In 2022, Jackie and Mike donated $710.5 million to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. [7]

On July 5, 2023, the Foundation announced John Deasy had been named its new president. Jackie and Miguel Bezos will transition to co-chairs of the board of directors. [8]

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