MacKenzie and Jeff first met at investment management company D.E. Shaw & Co. MacKenzie was a research associate and Jeff was then the vice president. Jeff was the first to interviewe MacKenzie, a graduate student at Princeton at the company.
I think my wife is a hard-working, smart, hot person. After Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie worked at the same company, MacKenzie heard Jeff's laughter every day from the studio. Ive been hearing that wonderful laugh all day, she told Vogue. How can you not love that noise?.
For his part, Jeff Bezos said that from the beginning he knew he wanted to marry a salesman. But MacKenzie was the one who paved the way first, so she invited Jeff to lunch. They were engaged for three months and married for six.
Jeff then told MacKenzie about his business idea. In 1994, they quit their jobs and went to Seattle to establish Amazon.
Despite their wealth, the Amazon billionaire couple has a very simple lifestyle. MacKenzie still took their four children to school and then took Jeff to work in their Honda. A family friend, Daniel Hillis, told Vogue that Bezoses are an ordinary, close family, thats almost unusual.
The billionaire family also follows a rather normal habit, starting their day with a healthy breakfast. To spend more time with his family, Jeff never schedules early morning meetings at the Amazon.
