Is Jeff Bezos Jewish? What is The Religion of Jeff Bezos?

Is Jeff Bezos is a Jewish or a Christian?

By Intelligent CreatorPublished about a year ago • 3 min read

Is Jeff Bezos Jewish? What is The Religion of Jeff Bezos?

Is Jeff Bezos a Jew?

If you don't know who Jeff Bezos is, you probably live under a rock. He is unmistakably the wealthiest human being alive. He is one of the USA's biggest landowners and has an estimated net worth of $187.4 billion at this moment in time. In 1994, he established the e-commerce giant Amazon and at the time began it out of his garage.

Jeffrey Preston Bezos was born January 12th, 1964 in Albuquerque in New Mexico. He has graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree(Electrical and Computer Science) from Princeton and he also attended a training program at the University of Florida.

What is the religion of Is Jeff Bezos?

Generally in theory we see that the religious beliefs of parents influence the faith of the Children so if we go by that assumption it could possibly be that Bezos may be Christian, although there is no proof that his birth parents practiced Christianity. His birth parents Ted and Jacklyn Jorgensen have a surname that is common in Norway and Denmark and predominantly belongs to Christians.

Jeff’s Adoptive father Miguel Bezos however, appears to be Roman Catholic. He immigrated to America at the age of 16 in July 1962. He was part of the program Peter Pan designed by Catholic priests from Miami. This program relocated children of Cuban parents who were escaping the leadership of Fidel Castro since his government repressed the activity of the Catholic church on the Caribbean island. A great number of those children were Catholic.

Jeff’s marriage certificate from 1993 with MacKenzie Scott Tuttle shows that the ceremony was officiated by Rev. Richard Riccardi at a luxury hotel on Palm beach island. Based on public and real estate records Richard Sebastian Riccardi is the bishop of the Old Catholic Church of New Utrecht and is probably the same man.

Is Jeff Bezos a jew or not?

Reports suggest that he was raised as a Christian as per details in his biography, public records, and his birth parent's religious history. It is not very clear if Bezos adheres to Christianity or Judaism or any other religion. The religious belief of Jeff is a subject of mere public speculation. A few Christian websites claim he is Christian and a quora post, which seems authentic, that is written by a former engineer working at Amazon says that he is certainly not Jewish.

With the corroboration of these pieces of evidence, we can safely say that Jeff Bezos may have been brought up with some inkling of Christianity, we don't know for a fact if it was Protestantism or Catholicism or a mix of both faiths.

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His Mother Jacklyn Bezos was barely 17 years old in 1964 when she gave birth to Bezos. At the time she was in junior high and her school told her, she wouldn't be allowed to complete her education there.

In order to make a good life for her son, she decided to enroll in classes with college professors who permitted her to bring her infant along. After divorcing Jeff's biological father less than a year after marriage she married Mike Bezos.

When Bezos biological father, Jorgensen was interviewed for a biography, he had reportedly not met his son in decades. Jorgensen reached out to Jeff and they both made peace, however, Bezos told him he had no ill will towards his biological father at all. Jorgensen passed away at the age of 70 on March 16, 2015.

His first business was an educational summer camp called dream institute which he and his girlfriend at the time launched together. They both worked on the camp and charged 9 to 12-year-olds US $600 per head.