BIOGRAPHY OF JEFF BEZOS Bezos was born Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen on January 12, 1964, in Albuquerque, New Mexico , the son of Jacklyn Gise Jorgensen and Ted Jorgensen. At the time of his birth, his mother was a 17-year-old high school student, and his father was a bike shop owner. After Jacklyn divorced Ted, she married Cuban immigrant Miguel "Mike" Bezos in April 1968. Shortly after the wedding, Mike adopted four-year-old Jorgensen, whose surname was then changed to Bezos. The family moved to Houston, Texas , where Mike worked as an engineer for Exxon after he received a degree from the University of New Mexico . Bezos attended River Oaks Elementary School ...