Jeff Bezos – “Amazon.Com Goes Hollywood for the Holidays” at the Roosevelt Hotel on November 9, 2004 – Roosevelt Hotel – Hollywood, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Lee Roth / RothStock / PR Photos
Birth Name: Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen
Place of Birth: Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Date of Birth: January 12, 1964
Ethnicity: Danish (paternal grandfather), German, English, Irish
Jeff Bezoz is an American technology and retail entrepreneur, philanthropist, investor, electrical engineer, and computer scientist. He is the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of the world’s largest online shopping retailer, Amazon.com.
Jeff is the son of Jacklyn (Gise) and Theodore John Jorgensen. His stepfather, Miguel “Mike” Bezos, was Cuban. Jeff is married to novelist MacKenzie Bezos, with whom he has four children.
His maternal ancestors were settlers in Texas.
Jeff’s paternal grandfather was Theodore John “Ted” Jorgensen (the son of John Jorgensen and Ida Minnie Birn). John was born in Holbæk, Holbæk Municipality, Region Zealand, Denmark, the son of Jørgen Søren Mortensen and Mette Marie Pedersdatter. Ida was also born in Denmark, the daughter of Frederik Theodor August “Theodore” Birn and Ida Christine “Minnie” Andersdottor.
Jeff’s paternal grandmother was Dolores Pollock (the daughter of Henry Dwight Pollock and Lillian Margaret DeWall). Henry was the son of Irish parents, Arthur Pollock and Lydia Nagle, who was from Cork. Lillian was the daughter of Hie “Heide” DeWall, who was German, and of Lena Cathryn Wolpert.
Jeff’s maternal grandfather was Lawrence Preston Gise (the son of Lloyd Preston Gise and Rebecca Mabel Hall). Rebecca was the daughter of Thomas King Hall and Henrietta Trammell.
Jeff’s maternal grandmother was Mattie Louise Strait.
Sources: Genealogy of Jeff Bezos – https://www.geni.com
Jeff’s paternal grandmother, Dolores Pollock, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org