4 ms·The $245,000 loan from his parents in 1995 to help start Amazon begs to differ.by thatoneguy 4y agoThe $245,000 loan from his parents in 1995 to help start Amazon begs to differ.random314 4y agoI don't think DE Shaw VP would need a 250K loan from his working class parents.googlryas 4y agoThat was a first round of funding, the same terms as other non-family members got. It wasn't a gift or anything like that, and it is why Jeff's parents are now billionaires.