Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s mother Jackie Bezos passed away at 78, reports foreign media. Jackie was suffering from Lewy Body Dementia for a long period of four years, but lost the battle yesterday.
American billionaire, taking to his Instagram, paid tribute to his mother, saying: “Her adulthood started a little bit early when she became my mom at the tender age of 17.
"That couldn’t have been easy, but she made it all work. She pounced on the job of loving me with ferocity, brought my amazing dad onto the team a few years later, and then added my sister and brother to her list of people to love, guard, and nourish. For the rest of her life, that list of people to love never stopped growing. She always gave so much more than she ever asked for."
He added: "After a long fight with Lewy Body Dementia, she passed away today, surrounded by so many of us who loved her – her kids, grandkids, and my dad. I know she felt our love in those final moments. We were all so lucky to be in her life. I hold her safe in my heart forever. I love you, mom.”
The illness she succumbed to, Lewy body dementia, is a brain disorder that affects one’s thinking, movement, behaviour and sleep. This is the second most common type of dementia after Alzheimer’s.
Jeff founded Amazon in mid-1994 in Washington. Amazon started as an online bookstore and has since expanded to a variety of other e-commerce products and services, including video and audio streaming, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. It became the world's largest online sales company and the largest Internet company by revenue.