Jeff Bezos Fast Facts - CNN.com By CNN Library April 5, 2013 -- Updated 2234 GMT (0634 HKT) (CNN) -- Here is a look at President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos. Personal: Birth date: January 12, 1964 Birth place: Albuquerque, New Mexico Birth name: Jeffrey Preston Bezos Father: Ted Jorgensen Mother: Jackie (Gise) Bezos Marriage: MacKenzie (Tuttle) Bezos (1993 - present) Children: A daughter adopted from China, and three sons Education: Princeton University, B.S., 1986 Other Facts: He was adopted at a young age by his stepfather, Mike Bezos, an engineer at Exxon. 1994 - Leaves D. E. Shaw & Co. in order to develop Amazon.com. 1999 - Is named Time magazine's Person of the Year. 2001 - Is inducted into the American Academy of Achievement, an organization that helps students meet American leaders. 2004 - Founds Blue Origin, LLC, an aerospace company to provide low-cost access to private space travel. 2011 - Bezos and his wife donate $15 million to create the Bezos Center for Neural Circuit Dynamics at Princeton University. November 2012 - Fortune Magazine names Bezos its 2012 Businessperson of the Year. March 2013 - Is number 19 on the Forbes 400 List of the World's Richest People. March 2013 - Leads the privately funded Apollo 11 F-1 Engine Recovery project team that recovers parts of two rocket engines from the Atlantic seafloor. The rockets from the 1969 Apollo 11 mission remain property of NASA.