Mark Bezos

Marcus Jim Bezos ( ; born ) is an American space tourist and former advertising executive. He is the half-brother of Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, with whom he flew to the edge of space as part of the Blue Origin NS-16 mission on July 20, 2021.

Early life Mark was born to parents Jackie and Miguel Bezos and has an older sister, Christina. He is three years younger than his half-brother Jeff. Mark grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Houston, Texas; and Pensacola, Florida. He finished high school in Norway at the International School of Stavanger. He graduated from Texas Christian University in 1992. His own agency Bezos–Nathonson, founded in 1999, From 2006 to 2016, he was head of communications at the Robin Hood Foundation, earning $140,000 to $240,000 per year as Robin Hood's communications director, which is supported by his brother and other members of his family. He founded a private equity firm in 2019.

, he is a director of the Bezos Family Foundation.

Personal life He is married with four children and lives in Scarsdale, New York, where he is also a volunteer firefighter. The suborbital flight lasted over 10 minutes, reaching a peak altitude of .