MacKenzie Bezos

MacKenzie Bezos
Born MacKenzie S. Tuttle
(1970-04-07) April 7, 1970
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Alma mater Princeton University
Spouse(s)
Jeff Bezos (m. 1993)
Children 4

MacKenzie S. Bezos (née Tuttle; born April 7, 1970)[1] is an American novelist. In 2014, Bezos founded the anti-bullying organization Bystander Revolution, where she serves as executive director.

Early life

MacKenzie S. Tuttle was born on April 7, 1970, in San Francisco, California to a financial planner father and a homemaker mother.[2] In 1988, she graduated from Hotchkiss School in Connecticut.[3]

Bezos earned her bachelor's degree in English at Princeton University with highest honors in 1992.[4] She studied under writer Toni Morrison, who said Bezos was "one of the best students I've ever had in my creative writing classes."[2] While she and her husband both attended the same university, they did not meet until after they both moved to New York.

Personal life

In 1992, MacKenzie worked for Jeff Bezos at D. E. Shaw, a New York City hedge fund.[5] They married in 1993,[6] and moved to Seattle, Washington in 1994. They have four children.[7]

In November 2013, Bezos wrote a 922-word review on Amazon.com of the book The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Bloomberg Businessweek journalist Brad Stone, giving the book a one-star rating, and saying that it "has too many inaccuracies" and is a "misrepresentation of the culture at the world's largest online retailer".[5][8][9][10]

In 2014, Bezos founded Bystander Revolution, an anti-bullying organization, where she serves as executive director.[11]

Awards

Works

  • The Testing of Luther Albright. Fourth Estate. 2005. ISBN 978-0-00-719287-8. [13]
  • Traps. Knopf. 2013. ISBN 978-0-307-95973-7. [14]

References

  1. ↑ According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, CA.
  2. 1 2 Johnson, Rebecca (February 20, 2013). "MacKenzie Bezos: Writer, Mother of Four, and High-profile Wife". Vogue. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Alumni Award: PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS". The Hotchkiss School. 2004. Archived from the original on March 10, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  4. ↑ Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos donate $15 million to create center in Princeton Neuroscience Institute. December 13, 2011. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Sumagaysay, Levi (November 5, 2013). "Quoted: She Said, He Said – MacKenzie Bezos Vs. Author Of Book On Amazon". SiliconBeat. The Mercury News.
  6. ↑ Bayers, Chip. "The Inner Bezos". Wired. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  7. ↑ "MacKenzie Bezos". Narrative. 2007. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  8. ↑ Bosman, Julie; Streitfeld, David (November 4, 2013). "Book about Amazon is Reviewed on Amazon, by Founder's Wife". The New York Times. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  9. ↑ "MacKenzie Bezos Stands By Her Man Jeff". CEO Briefing Newsletter. November 10, 2013.
  10. ↑ Bezos, MacKenzie (November 4, 2013), I wanted to like this book, Amazon.com
  11. ↑ "Bystander Revolution". Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  12. ↑ "American Book Award Winners 2006" (PDF).
  13. ↑ Bezos, MacKenzie; Sutherland, Brian (2013-12-10). The Testing of Luther Albright (Unabridged ed.). Brilliance Audio. ISBN 9781480569157.
  14. ↑ Bezos, MacKenzie (2013-11-05). Traps. New York: Vintage. ISBN 9780307950291.
  • John Marshall (August 26, 2005). "Bezos discusses her debut novel and her love for her husband's laugh". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
  • Brian Miller (September 14, 2005). "Profile: MacKenzie Bezos". Seattle Weekly.
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