MacKenzie Bezos
| MacKenzie Bezos | |
|---|---|
| Born | MacKenzi S. Tuttle April 7, 1970 San Francisco, California, US |
| Education | Hotchkiss School (1988)[1] Princeton University (1992) |
| Spouse(s) | Jeff Bezos (Amazon.com founder) |
MacKenzie Bezos (born April 7, 1970)[2] is an American novelist and the wife of Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com.
Early life
Born MacKenzi S. Tuttle, she was raised in San Francisco, California by a father who was a financial planner and a mother who was a homemaker.[3] She graduated from Hotchkiss School in Connecticut in 1988[1] and at Princeton University she was an English major who graduated with highest honors in 1992.[4] She studied under writer Toni Morrison, who said Bezos was "one of the best students I’ve ever had in my creative-writing classes."[3]
Personal life
In 1992, MacKenzie worked for Jeff Bezos at D.E. Shaw, a New York City hedge fund.[5] They married in 1993,[6] and moved to Seattle, Washington in 1994. They have four children.[7]
In 2012, MacKenzie Bezos and her husband donated $2.5 million to a Washington State campaign to legalize same-sex marriage.[8]
In November 2013, MacKenzie Bezos wrote an extensive review of a newly released book The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Bloomberg Businessweek journalist Brad Stone about Amazon.com.[9] She chose to publish her critique of the book, which she says "has too many inaccuracies" and is a "misrepresentation of the culture at the world’s largest online retailer",[5] as an Amazon.com review, with a 1-star rating.[10]
In 2014, MacKenzie Bezos founded Bystander Revolution, an anti-bullying organization, where she currently serves as executive director.[11]
Awards
- 2006 American Book Award
Works
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- ↑ According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, CA.
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- ↑ Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos donate $15 million to create center in Princeton Neuroscience Institute. December 13, 2011. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
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- 21st-century American novelists
- American women novelists
- Hotchkiss School alumni
- Living people
- Princeton University alumni
- Writers from San Francisco, California
- American philanthropists
- 1970 births
- 21st-century women writers
