A Hidden Amazon Fortune: Bezos Parents May Be Worth Billions
- Jackie and Mike Bezos invested $245,573 in son’s firm in 1995
- In best case scenario, their investment returned 12,000,000%
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It may be the most successful venture investment of all time.
In 1995, Jackie and Mike Bezos plowed $245,573 into their son’s fledgling e-commerce website, according to a prospectus two years later. It was a big gamble, Mike Bezos, the stepfather of Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos, recalled onstage during a 2015 event at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.