Yes, that Bezos. No, not that one.

The question I get asked first, answered once.

Are you related to Jeff Bezos? Yes. First cousins. His father is my uncle. I’ve had the name longer than Amazon has.

So is this an Amazon thing? No. BezosWorx has nothing to do with Amazon, Blue Origin, the Washington Post, or anything else that carries the name on a bigger building. Nobody over there endorses this, funds this, or has heard of it. I’m the cousin in Virginia.

Then why put it on the door? Because it’s my name, and because pretending otherwise would be weirder. People hear “Bezos,” they get curious, they click. Fine — now you’re here, and what you’ll find is an engineer who became a patent attorney, who likes hard problems and the people who have them, and who spends his evenings building things: a site about getting your data out of the cloud, a tool that tells you whether your electricity plan is ripping you off, and whatever somebody walked in with last week. If the name gets you in the door and the work keeps you, that’s the deal.

What the name means to me. A family that came here with nothing and worked. An uncle who proved what that can turn into. A cousin who built something enormous out of a garage and a book list. I didn’t do any of that, but I come from the same stock, and I show up the same way: find the problem, work it until it gives.

What I’ll do with it. Keep it a hobby — I have a day job and I like it. Meet people with interesting problems, over coffee if possible, and help them figure out how to solve them. Help you own your own stuff — your data, your designs, your ideas. And yes, put the name on a few things, because it’s a good name and it’s mine. Same name, different worx.

BezosWorx is Sal Bezos's personal project. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Amazon, Blue Origin, or any other company with the name on it — "Bezos" is just his surname. Nothing here is legal advice.