FW: True Story ....
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In 1964 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, when this woman got pregnant her senior
year in high school, the principal told her she would not be allowed to
graduate. She begged the school to change its mind. It did, but there were
conditions. She was not allowed to talk to the other students. She was
barred from eating in the cafeteria. She could not come to school more than
five minutes in advance of the opening bell, and she had to leave school
within five minutes of the closing bell. And she was not allowed to get her
diploma onstage with the rest of the students. She did marry the father of
her child, but it lasted only a year. He was not a good husband and not a
good father. After the divorce, he never had any contact whatsoever with his
ex-wife and their son. A couple of years later, she married a Cuban
immigrant, a good and decent man. He adopted her son and gave him his name.
Many years later, in 2013, the biological father was operating a bicycle
shop in California when a writer/reporter came by and asked if he could talk
to him. That was when the biological father, Ted Jorgensen, found out that
his biological son is Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world.
When Bezos exited the space capsule, the first person he hugged was his
mother....
AMAZON founder Jeff Bezos sought the help of his parents to kick start his
company back in 1995.
Since then, Amazon has become one of the top five wealthiest companies
globally, with a net worth of over $314billion.
<https://www.the-sun.com/news/2262329/jeff-bezos-parents-amazon-ceo-trillion
aire/>
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Jeff Bezos' and his parents Jacklyn and Miguel 'Mike' BezosCredit: AFP
Who are Jeff Bezos' parents?
<https://www.the-sun.com/who/jeff-bezos> Bezos, 57, was born in
Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Jacklyn and Ted Jorgensen.
Jacklyn was 17-years-old when she gave birth to Bezos and was still a high
school student at the time.
Bezos' dad Ted owned a local bike shop in the city.
The pair divorced in 1965 and Jacklyn met Miguel "Mike" Bezos shortly after
and fell in love.
She and Mike moved to <http://the-sun.com/where/houston/> Houston with
Bezos and asked him to adopt her son when he was four years old.
Mike agreed and raised Bezos, even granting him his last name.
Mike came from a Cuban immigrant family and worked as an engineer for Exxon
when he moved to the US.
Did Jeff Bezos' parents help him with Amazon?
Bezos presented Mike and Jacklyn with the idea of
<https://www.the-sun.com/topic/amazon/> Amazon back in 1995.
His parents lent him $245,573, which at the time was considered a large sum
of money and a massive risk as the internet was fairly new.
Bezos turned $245,573 into $1trillion as of 2021 and is the
<https://www.the-sun.com/news/3234701/jeff-bezos-richest-man-history-amazon-
stocks-soar/> world's wealthiest person as of July 2021.
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