Mark Bezos

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Mark Bezos
BornMay 1968[1]
Albuquerque, New Mexico
EducationTexas Christian University
OccupationAdvertising executive
Spouse(s)Lisa Bezos
Children4
RelativesJeff Bezos (brother)
George Strait (cousin)
Space career
Commercial Astronaut
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Flight time
10m 18s
SelectionBlue Origin
MissionsBlue Origin NS-16

Mark Bezos (/ˈbeɪzoʊs/ BAY-zohss)[2] (born May 1968) is an American commercial astronaut[3][4] and former advertising executive. He is the younger brother of Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.

Career[]

Bezos grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Houston and Pensacola, Florida, and finished high school in Norway.[5] After graduating from Texas Christian University in 1992,[5] 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] drawing an estimated US$1 million in salary from the charity, which is supported by his brother and other members of his family.[9] He is also a director of the Bezos Family Foundation[8] and 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.[10] He founded a private equity firm in 2019.[11]

Married with four children, Bezos lives in Scarsdale, New York, where he is a volunteer firefighter.[8]

Spaceflight[]

On July 20, 2021, Mark Bezos 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]

References[]

  1. ^ https://mddailyrecord.com/mark-bezos-net-worth-girlfriend-wife-kids-height-weight-age-gay-bio-2021-2022-2023
  2. ^ "Jeff Bezos pronounces his name". The Washington Post. 2009. Archived from the original on January 10, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2013.; and Robinson (2010), p. 7.
  3. ^ Fisher, Kristin (December 10, 2021). "First on CNN: The US gives Bezos, Branson and Shatner their astronaut wings". CNN. Retrieved December 10, 2021. The US government is making it official, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and William Shatner have earned the title of astronaut after their flights to the edge of space. The Federal Aviation Administration will also award Commercial Space Astronaut Wings to 12 other people who have flown at least 50 miles above Earth on a FAA licensed commercial spacecraft, including the crew of SpaceX's Inspiration4 mission. The FAA will award wings to eight people who flew on Blue Origin's New Shepherd spacecraft, three who flew on Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, and to the four members of the SpaceX crew who spent three days in space in September.
  4. ^ "FAA Commercial Human Spaceflight Recognition". Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  5. ^ a b Hartmans, Avery (July 20, 2021). "Meet Mark Bezos, the younger brother of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos who just joined him aboard Blue Origin's first human space flight". Business Insider. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  6. ^ a b Lacy, Lisa (June 7, 2021). "Former Ad Exec to Join Billionaire Brother in Space". AdWeek.
  7. ^ Elliott, Stuart (October 27, 2005). "EastWest Creative Acquires an Agency". The New York Times.
  8. ^ a b c Hall, Louise (July 20, 2021). "Who is Mark Bezos? Meet the younger brother of Jeff Bezos who will accompany him to space". Independent. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  9. ^ Friedman, Roger (May 13, 2020). "Robin Hood Foundation: Paid Six Figure Salary to Jeff Bezos's Brother for Years, Gave Ex CEO $1.7 Million Exit Package". Showbiz411.
  10. ^ Metcalf, Tom (July 31, 2018). "A hidden Amazon fortune: Bezos' parents could be worth billions". Bloomberg.
  11. ^ Sloley, Chris (March 24, 2021). "Azimut takes stake in private equity group led by Jeff Bezos's brother". Citywire Selector. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  12. ^ "Jeff Bezos and brother to fly to space in Blue Origin flight". BBC News. June 7, 2021.
  13. ^ Davenport, Christian; Brown, Dalvin (July 20, 2021). "Jeff Bezos, Mark Bezos, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen reach edge of space, return safely on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket". Washington Post.
  14. ^ Chow, Denise (July 20, 2021). "Amazon's Jeff Bezos makes history with all-civilian suborbital flight". NBC News. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
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