The story of Jackie Bezos
Mother of Jeff Bezos; early Amazon investor; co-founder of the Bezos Family Foundation.
1946 – 14 Aug 2025
Jackie Bezos. Mother of Jeff Bezos; early Amazon investor; co-founder of the Bezos Family Foundation.
Family. Mother of Jeff Bezos: educated at Princeton University (1986); worked at D. E. Shaw & Co. (Dec 1990 – Jun 1994); founded Amazon (1994). Wife of Mike Bezos: invested in Amazon (Feb 1995). Lawrence Preston Gise, father: worked at DARPA (1958), still being verified; worked at the Atomic Energy Commission.
Jul 1995
Jackie Bezos invested in Amazon. Through the Gise Family Trust, $145,553.
847,716 shares at $0.1717 each, about $145,553.
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