Photo: Grandcelebs, although her school initially tried to prevent her from graduating, the mother of the future billionaire refused to give up. Jeff Bezos’ mum Jacklyn Gise had her son at 17.

At the time of his birth, Bezos’ mum was still a high school student and his dad performed in a circus. His biological parents, Jacklyn Gise and Ted Jorgensen, were only 17 and 18 years old respectively, according to Business Insider. The Amazon founder was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1964. Photo: Bezos’ biological parents were teenagers when they had him Jeff Bezos was born in New Mexico on January 12, 1964. So, who are the parents of the boy who would become the wealthiest person on earth? Here’s what we know. Photo: beyond Jeff, there’s Jacklyn and Miguel “Mike” Bezos: the couple who raised the tech billionaire. Jeff Bezos is currently the third richest man in the world.

In 2018, Bezos registered a net worth of US$167 billion, unseating the then richest person in the world Bill Gates, reported Forbes. Not only is he the founder and former CEO of tech giant Amazon, he also holds the distinction of being the world’s first centibillionaire, or individual holding a net worth of US$100 billion. Jeff Bezos is one of the world’s most talked-about and instantly recognisable figures today, alongside Elon Musk, Bernard Arnault, Gautam Adani and Google’s Sergey Brin.

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