Miguel Ángel "Mike"[1] Bezos Pérez (born (1945-09-29)September 29, 1945) is a Cuban-American billionaire and philanthropist who provided the initial investment to launch Amazon.com.
His father, originally from Spain,[4] owned a lumber mill and his mother was a part-time shopkeeper, selling fabric and infant clothing.
[3] Upon arrival in the United States, Bezos was housed at Camp Matecumbe along with about 400 other Cuban refugee children.
[2] Three weeks later,[1] Bezos and his cousin Ángel were relocated to attend a high school at Salesianum School in Wilmington, Delaware, and he lived in housing provided by a Catholic religious order, The Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales.
[5] In Houston, Jackie and Miguel had two more children, a daughter Christina and a son Mark Bezos.