Jeff Bezos founded Amazon, owns The Washington Post, leads the tourist space race with Blue Origin, and is one of the wealthiest people on the planet.
But the wildly successful business magnate’s most rewarding role just might be the one he’s least famous for. Did you know Bezos is also a dad of four children?
Read on to learn more about the rarely seen members of his family.
He shares his children with MacKenzie Scott
Bezos, 60, shares his four children with ex-wife MacKenzie Scott. He and the novelist-turned-philanthropist met in 1992, when they both worked for the same investment management firm, D. E. Shaw & Co.
In 1993, just one year before Bezos launched Amazon, the two wed. The couple were together for 25 years before parting ways and finalizing their divorce in 2019.
In a joint statement announcing the news of their split, the pair stressed that they had no regrets about their time together.
“If we had known we would separate after 25 years, we would do it all again,” the statement read. They also noted that “though the labels might be different, we remain a family.”
His oldest son is named after him
Bezos and Scott started their family in 2000 with the birth of their son Preston. As for the name they chose for their firstborn, it’s one that runs deep in the Bezos family.
Not only was Preston the middle name of Bezos’ great-grandfather and grandfather, but it’s also the middle name of the former Amazon CEO himself.
He’s a very private patriarch
Bezos and Scott have two more sons and a daughter they adopted from China. But unlike Preston, few details are known.
Bezos has have never revealed the names or birth dates of his three younger kids publicly. In fact, the public has only ever had one chance to see them altogether.
In 2016, Bezos, Scott and all four of their children hit the red carpet at Comic-Con International in San Diego, California, for the big-screen premiere of “Star Trek Beyond.”
Mornings are his family time
Though Bezos is a busy man, he likes to slow-roll into his day, taking time to appreciate the early-morning hours and company of his children.
“I like to putter in the mornings,” he said at the Economic Club of Washington, D.C., CNBC reported in 2018. “I like to read the newspaper, I like to have coffee, I like to have breakfast with my kids before they go to school. My puttering time is very important to me.”
His brood is about to get bigger
The father of four will soon become a stepfather to three more.
In May 2023, Bezos proposed to his girlfriend, Emmy-winning journalist Láuren Sanchez. When the two tie the knot, his family will include her children: son Nikko Gonzalez, 23, whom she welcomed with ex-boyfriend, former NFL star Tony Gonzalez, as well son Evan Whitesell, 18, and daughter Ella Whitesell, 16, whom she shares with ex-husband Patrick Whitesell.
While Bezos remains mostly mum about his own kids, his 54-year-old fiancée has a more open approach with hers, sharing occasional photos and sweet sentiments on social media.