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Mark Bezos | |
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Born | Marcus Jim Bezos c. 1967 (age 56–57) |
Education | Texas Christian University |
Occupation | Advertising executive |
Spouse | Lisa Bezos |
Children | 4 |
Parents |
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Relatives | Jeff Bezos (half-brother) George Strait (cousin) |
Space career | |
Commercial Astronaut | |
Flight time | 10m 18s |
Selection | Blue Origin |
Missions | NS-16 |
Marcus Jim "Mark" Bezos (/ˈbeɪzoʊs/ BAY-zohss;[1] born c. 1967) is an American space tourist and former advertising executive. He is the half-brother of Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon,[2] with whom he flew to the edge of space as part of the Blue Origin NS-16 mission on July 20, 2021.
Mark was born to parents Jackie and Miguel Bezos and has an older sister, Christine.[3] He is 3 years younger than his half-brother Jeff.[4] Mark grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Houston, Texas; and Pensacola, Florida. He finished high school in Norway.[5] He graduated from Texas Christian University in 1992.[5]
After graduation, he worked in the advertising industry, including positions at Saatchi & Saatchi and DDB.[6] His own agency Bezos–Nathonson, founded in 1999,[6] was bought by EastWest Creative in 2005.[7] From 2006 to 2016, he was head of communications at the Robin Hood Foundation,[8] earning $140,000 to $240,000 per year as Robin Hood's communications director, which is supported by his brother and other members of his family.[9] He founded a private equity firm in 2019.[10]
As of July 2021, he is a director of the Bezos Family Foundation.[8] He owns an unknown stake in his brother's company Amazon; $10,000 of shares he bought in 1996 were estimated to be worth $640 million in 2018.[11]
He is married with four children and lives in Scarsdale, New York, where he is also a volunteer firefighter.[8]
On July 20, 2021, he flew to the edge of space alongside his brother Jeff, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen, aboard the Blue Origin NS-16 flight.[12] The suborbital flight lasted over 10 minutes, reaching a peak altitude of 66.5 miles (107.0 km).[13][14]
Mark Bezos was listed as their communications director. His salary was around $140,000 in 2013 and 2014, and then jumped up to $240,000 for 2015 and 2016. It's possible Mark Bezos earned around a million bucks in salary from the Robin Hood Foundation