Karachi (News Desk) Initial investment made Bezos’ parents billionaires. Parents give Jeff Bezos money from retirement savings after 40 investors turn him down Bezos warns parents online bookshop Kamia B Chances are 30%, the money could sink. According to Fortune, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ parents invested $245,573 in their son’s business in 1995, which was the bulk of their lifetime savings at the time.