Jeff Bezos' Four Children: A Comprehensive Guide
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- UPDATED MAY 8, 2024
by Tasha Mayberry
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Jeff Bezos, though renowned as one of the wealthiest individuals globally, embodies the title of “Dad” within the walls of his home. With ex-wife MacKenzie Scott, the Amazon tycoon shares four children—three sons and one daughter. While Bezos commands global fame, he prioritizes safeguarding his children’s privacy. Only the name of his eldest son, Preston, born in 2000, is publicly known, making him around 22 years old. Information about the three younger children, including their names and birth years, remains elusive. The couple adopted their daughter from China, although specifics on the adoption timeline are unclear. During their formative years, Bezos heavily relied on Scott, a novelist, for full-time child-rearing duties as he steered Amazon’s meteoric rise. Scott once remarked to Vogue in 2013 about the challenges of balancing writing with parenting, emphasizing the compelling need children have for care. Despite Bezos and Scott announcing their divorce in 2019 after 25 years of marriage, they maintain a co-parenting arrangement. Bezos has since moved forward with news anchor Lauren Sánchez. Their relationship, made public in January 2019, culminated in engagement in May 2023, as confirmed by a source. While Bezos guards his children’s privacy zealously, he has occasionally shared glimpses of their lives, from rare public outings to insights into parenting gleaned from his status as a billionaire father. Here’s a comprehensive look at everything you need to know about Jeff Bezos’ children.
Bezos' firstborn son bears his namesake.
Bezos’ middle name, Preston, was bestowed upon their eldest child by Bezos and Scott. This name holds a familial legacy, passed down from Bezos’ great-grandfather, Lloyd Preston Gise, to his grandfather, Lawrence Preston Gise, before him. Thus, it stands as a meaningful tribute to their family heritage.
His offspring maintain a staunch commitment to privacy
His children were integral to his morning ritual
Similar to many accomplished entrepreneurs, Bezos embraces early mornings. Nevertheless, his dawn routine isn’t solely focused on business matters. “I like to putter in the mornings,” he shared with the Economic Club of Washington, D.C. during a September 2018 event, as reported by CNBC. “I like to read the newspaper, I like to have coffee, I like to have breakfast with my kids before they go to school,” he elaborated. “My puttering time is very important to me.” When it comes to evenings, Bezos ensures there’s space in his schedule for familial duties. “I do the dishes every night,” he mentioned in a 2014 interview. “I’m pretty convinced it’s the sexiest thing I do.
He encourages his children to follow their passions
From their early years, Bezos and Scott fostered a culture of hands-on exploration and construction for their children, even if it occasionally bordered on the adventurous. Speaking at a SummitLA panel in November 2017, Bezos mentioned that he allowed his children to handle knives at the age of 4 and introduced them to power tools by 7 or 8, as reported by CNBC. He explained that his upbringing, where he assisted his grandfather in fixing things around the farm, instilled in him a sense of resourcefulness, a quality he aimed to pass on to his own children. “My grandfather would take on major projects without knowing how to do them and then figure it out,” he recalled, emphasizing the problem-solving skills he acquired from observing his grandfather’s endeavors. Scott echoed this sentiment, emphasizing the importance of nurturing self-sufficiency in their children. Bezos recounted her perspective, noting that she would “much rather have a kid with nine fingers than a resourceless kid,” a philosophy he admired as a “fantastic attitude about life.” Fortunately, their approach seems to have paid off, as Bezos proudly remarked that their children, thus far, have managed to keep all their fingers intact.
He and Scott remain dedicated to co-parenting following their divorce
When Bezos and Scott concluded their 25-year marriage in January 2019, their primary focus from the outset was ensuring successful and amicable co-parenting for their children. We’ve had such a great life together as a married couple, and we also see wonderful futures ahead, as parents, friends, partners in ventures and projects, and as individuals pursuing ventures and adventures,” Bezos expressed on Twitter at the time. “Though the labels might be different, we remain a family, and we remain cherished friends. Four months later, the duo completed the process of dividing their assets and finalizing the divorce. Splitting shares and allocating millions of dollars is no simple task, but they took immense pride in the co-parenting efforts they had undertaken.
“Grateful to have finished the process of dissolving my marriage with Jeff with support from each other and everyone who reached out to us in kindness, and looking forward to the next phase as co-parents and friends,” Scott shared on Twitter in April 2019. I’m grateful for [MacKenzie’s] support and for her kindness in this process and am very much looking forward to our new relationship as friends and co-parents,” Bezos echoed in a tweet on the same day.
