Overview

• Jacklyn Gise “Jackie” Bezos died peacefully at her Miami home on August 14, 2025, at age 78, according to an obituary from the Bezos Family Foundation.
• The family noted that she had been diagnosed with Lewy body dementia in 2020 and was cared for by her husband, Miguel “Mike” Bezos, until her death.
• In an Instagram post, Jeff Bezos said his mother “passed away… surrounded by so many of us who loved her” and praised her fierce devotion to family.
• She and her husband provided Amazon’s first financing in 1995 with two checks totaling approximately $245,573, a decision that underpinned the family’s later fortune.
• As co-founder of the Bezos Family Foundation in 2000, she championed early childhood education through programs like Vroom and the Bezos Scholars Program and supported Fred Hutch cancer research.