How Bike Shop Owner Discovered He Was Jeff Bezos’ Dad

you would never guess in a million or should we say 27 billion years that this bicycle repairman is the long-lost biological father of Jeff Bezos founder of amazon.com the man who changed the way we shop look at 69 year-old Ted Jorgenson side by side with Bezos they even share the same laugh until recently Jorgenson had never even heard of Amazon he doesn't even use a computer Jorgensen says he still remembers the very last time he saw his son I was working in a Walmart and I remember them coming to visit me for some reason it was cold and he had his little winter coat on just remember I'm walking down the aisle come to see me Jeff Bezos his mother Jackie and Jorgensen were teenagers when they got married in 1963 back then Jorgensen was a poor circus performer their son Jeff was born in 1964 after the marriage broke up Jorgensen gave up custody Jacqui remarried Mike Bezos who adopted Jeff and raised him as his own have you ever regretted that decision big mistake but at the time I thought it was the best jorgensen opened a bike shop and toiled away in obscurity for the next 40 years Ted Jorgensen was working in his bike shop here in Phoenix Arizona when a biographer writing a book about Jeff Bezos came in with news that would change Ted's life forever when the writer came in and told you that your son was Jeff Bezos what was your reaction yes.we if I knew who Jeff Bezos was what did you say I said I know the name kind of sounds familiar but I don't know jorgensen lives in this modest house in a middle-class Phoenix suburb far cry from Bezos his lakefront mansion in Seattle Forbes magazine lists Bezos as America's 12th richest man worth an estimated twenty seven billion dollars 27 billion Jorgenson's second wife of 26 years Linda says because Bezos is so rich and powerful contacting him is difficult because of who Jeff is I think it's made an obstacle that wouldn't have been there had he been a garbage collector Bezos has made only one about his biological father I've never met him the only time I ever think about it is when a doctor asks me to fill out a form Jorgensen is battling emphysema he says he wants to see his son one last time before he dies he says he doesn't want a penny from his son and just wants to apologize for what he calls the biggest mistake of his life what would you say to him I just feel like the telling mine used to changing diapers and just see him you know shake his hand and tell him he's really done a good job with his life you

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Length: 3min 11sec (191 seconds)

Published: Tue Jul 09 2019

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So he never met him? Is this a criticism of Bezos not pulling a Pinocchio?