Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' early life involved separation from his biological father, Ted Jorgensen. Jorgensen remained ...

Jeff Bezos’ biological father, Ted Jorgensen, did not know his son was the billionaire behind Amazon until an author tracked ...

Jeff Bezos’ mother, Jacklyn Gise Bezos, passed away on August 14, 2025, in Miami, after her long battle with Lewy Body Dementia.

Ted Jorgensen, Jeff Bezos’ biological father, married his mother, Jackie, in 1963, after she got pregnant. She was in high school at the time, while Jorgensen was a circus performer, according to ...

Jeff Bezos was born to Jacklyn Bezos and Ted Jorgensen in January 1964 Jacklyn's second husband, Miguel Bezos, adopted Jeff in 1968 Jacklyn died on Aug. 14, 2025 after a battle with Lewy body dementia ...

Jeff Bezos' biological father, Ted Jorgensen, did not know of his son's billionaire status until 2012, nearly five decades after they lost contact.

Stone found Jorgensen at his bike shop in Glendale, Ariz., late last year and told him that Bezos was his son. The 69-year-old had no idea who Bezos was.

Jeff Bezos in October 2010. (Flickr photo by Steve Jurvetson) Ted Jorgensen is a 69-year-old former circus performer and unicyclist who runs a small bike shop in Glendale, Ariz.

Ted Jorgensen May 14, 1957 to April 14, 2006Ted lost his courageous battle with multiple-myeloma on Good Friday, April 14, 2006. Ted fought this cancer with everything he had but unfortunately it j… ...

Spouse Ted Jorgensen, 19 at the time, was “an inattentive dad and husband” who drank too much, according to Stone’s account. The marriage lasted only 17 months before they divorced.

DIXON, Calif. — When Ted Jorgensen opened his tire dealership, Dixon Tire Pros & Auto Repair, in April 2002 in a former Goodyear store in Dixon, only two cars came in the first day. "Ouch," he said, ...

EMANUEL “TED” JORGENSEN Emanuel “Ted” Jorgensen was born October 29, 1923, to Thorvald and Marie Jorgensen in Hardy, Nebraska. He went home to be with his Lord Jesus Christ on January 24 ...