Jeff Bezos Says He 'Won the Lottery' With His Teen Mom—She Had Him at 17, Took Him to Night School, Then Invested Her $245K Savings In Amazon
Before Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) became a $2 trillion tech giant, it was just an idea—and Jeff Bezos had something better than venture capital: his mom. "I won the lottery with my mom. Thanks for literally everything," Bezos declared in a heartfelt X post on Mother's Day 2017. Jacklyn Bezos had Jeff when she was only 17, defying the odds from day one. Pressured to drop out of high school, she stayed the course, graduated, and supported herself and her infant son on just $190 a month working as a secr