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Jeff Bezos, the business magnate, is a prominent American family active in business and philanthropy. He and his former wife Mackenzie Scott co-founded Amazon.

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Jeff's mother and stepfather are the co-founders of the Bezos Family Foundation.

The family members have Danish-American, Mexican American and Cuban heritage.

Notable family members

Other immediate family members

Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie are the parents of four children: three sons, and one daughter adopted from China. [17] [18] [19]

Jackie and Miguel also gave birth to Jeff's half sister Christina. [20]

The family features in Brad Stone's 2013 book The Everything Store [21] and in the 2022 biographical film Bezos: The Beginning, directed by Khoa Le. [22] The film was based on the 2021 book Zero to Hero, Bezos: The Beginning ( ISBN   979-8709873797). [23]

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  3. ↑ Robinson, Circles (2023-01-15). "One Brave Cuban Boy and Amazon". Havana Times . Archived from the original on 2023-02-06. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
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