Bezos was born Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen to Jacklyn and Ted Jorgensen on Jan. 12, 1964, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His parents divorced when he was a toddler, and his mother married Miguel Bezos.

As a child, Jeff Bezos was adopted by his stepfather Miguel Bezos, who had immigrated to the US from Cuba. It is quite logical to wonder whether Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks Spanish because of his ...