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It\u2019s a sad story that reveals much about Bezos\u2019 ruthless corporate ways, so let\u2019s dig into the tale of Ted Jorgensen and see what happened to him","datePublished":"2023-02-04","dateModified":"2024-04-10","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/techiegamers.com\/author\/bobmccullough\/#Person","name":"Bob McCullough","url":"https:\/\/techiegamers.com\/author\/bobmccullough\/","identifier":100006,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/techiegamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Bob-McCullough-96x96.jpg","url":"https:\/\/techiegamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Bob-McCullough-96x96.jpg","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Techie+Gamers","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/techiegamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/techieblack.png","url":"https:\/\/techiegamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/techieblack.png","width":159,"height":88}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/techiegamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Jeff-Bezos.jpg","url":"https:\/\/techiegamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Jeff-Bezos.jpg","height":416,"width":707},"url":"https:\/\/techiegamers.com\/ted-jorgensen\/","video":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"VideoObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LP80jo1_UgU#VideoObject","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LP80jo1_UgU","name":"How Bike Shop Owner Discovered He Was Jeff Bezos\u2019 Dad","description":"Jeff Bezos changed the way we shop forever when he founded Amazon in 1994. He later became the world\u2019s richest man. In 2014, Inside Edition met his biological father, Ted Jorgensen, a bicycle repairman in Phoenix. He was a teenage circus performer when he married Bezos\u2019 mom and after their marriage broke up, Jorgensen gave up custody of his son. \u201cBig mistake,\u201d he told Inside Edition. He only realized who his son was when a biographer contacted him. 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I'm glad that he became a good stepparent and grandpa. It happened to my husband and his first wife. The best part was that he did get to meet his child after she changed the last name to her other husband's name. In weakness we are strong.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Diane M Drawbaugh","url":""}}],"about":["Entertainment"],"wordCount":455},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Ted Jorgensen – The Sad Story of Jeff Bezos’ Biological Father","item":"https:\/\/techiegamers.com\/ted-jorgensen\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]