Jeff Bezos' Biological Father Had No Idea His Son Was the Billionaire !!! The story about Jeff Bezos biological father who didn’t even know Jeff existed will make you sad. His biological father Ted Jorgensen was 18 when his girlfriend, Bezos mother Jacklyn Gise, got pregnant. She was 17. They were both still in high school at the time. They got married before their son was born. The marriage lasted only 17 months. Jacklyn moved in with her parents because Jorgensen stayed out late and drank too much, and was generally an inattentive father and husband.
He agreed to a divorce and paid a small amount of child support to Jacklyn when he had money. Other times he missed the payments. Three years after divorce, Jacklyn married another man, Miguel Bezos, a Cuban immigrant. Miguel adopted Jeff and Jeff took his last name. Jorgensen had to sign off the name change, which he did. For a brief period Jorgansen remembered the Bezos name, but through the years he forgot about it, and dropped completely out of touch with his ex wife and son. His absence from Bezos life was so complete that in 1999 in a interview Bezos said: “ I’ve never met him” although he lived with him for the first year of his life.
He also said: “ the reality, as far as I’m concerned, is that my dad is my natural father. The only time I ever think about it, is when a doctor ask me to fill out a form.” Jorgensen had a nearly identical attitude about Bezos. But many years later, in 2013 Jorgensen was being interviewed by the rolling Stone. He was in shock and said he didn’t know who Jeff Bezos was. He didn’t believe that he was the father of famous CEO.
Bezos biological father had disconnected so much from Bezos life that not only did he not remember his name, but he wasn’t even sure if his son was still alive. In interview he asked: “is he still alive?” .He felt overwhelmed with sadness and regret. He also said that in his younger days he wasn’t a good father or a husband. He eventually quit drinking, got his act together and opened his bike shop. He’s married, but had no other children in his life beyond Bezos. He wanted to get in touch with Bezos, but died two years later.
