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Source: AfroTech Kwanza Jones’ name has been buzzing in sports headlines after she made history as the first African-American woman to become a majority owner of a Major League Baseball team. In August 2026, it was announced that she and her husband, billionaire investor José E. Feliciano, took control of the San Diego Padres. Their…
Read MoreSource: stlamerican Kwanza Jones and her husband, José E. Feliciano, are now the owners of the San Diego Padres, according to Major League Baseball. The move follows the Seidler family’s agreement to sell the team to the couple in a deal reportedly valued at $3.9 billion. The sale makes Jones the first Black woman to…
Read MoreSource: jacksonvillefreepress The Positive Impact | Kwanza Jones has built an extraordinary career across music, business, philanthropy, education and investment, but in August 2026 she entered an entirely new chapter. Jones and her husband and business partner, José E. Feliciano, became the new controlling owners of the San Diego Padres after Major League Baseball unanimously…
Read MoreKwanza Jones takes T.I. Harris inside Culture In Motion™ and the SUPERCHARGED® Boost Bus™, sharing how The Apollo’s legacy inspired a national journey rooted in culture, connection, and possibility.
Read MoreSource: sfltimes Singer-songwriter and investor Kwanza Jones can add another title, one that comes with making history. Jones is the first Black woman to become majority owner of a Major League Baseball team, the San Diego Padres. Jones and her husband, Jose E. Feliciano, led an investor group to purchase the Padres for a record…
Read MoreSource: newpittsburghcourier History was made in Major League Baseball this August as Kwanza Jones and her husband, José E. Feliciano, were officially introduced as the new principal owners of the San Diego Padres following a record-breaking $3.9 billion transaction. With the unanimous approval of the league’s owners, Jones became the first Black woman to be…
Read MoreSource: Troy.edu Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum is partnering with Kwanza Jones, The Apollo Theater and the Jose Feliciano Foundation, and the Boost Bus to bring “Culture in Motion” Community Boost Block Party, a national roadshow uniting communities through arts and empowerment, to Montgomery on Sept. 5. The free event will take place at the…
Read MoreSource: Black Enterprise Feliciano will serve as the Padres’ control person under MLB governance requirements, while the couple will jointly lead the ownership group. Kwanza Jones and José E. Feliciano have taken control of the San Diego Padres, with the new majority owners setting an immediate goal for the Major League Baseball franchise: winning its…
Read MoreSource: emeraldbook From Billboard dance charts to the boardroom of a $3.9 billion baseball franchise, Kwanza Jones’s journey defies every conventional career path—and rewrites sports history in the process. Kwanza Jones has never followed a straight line. Her career path reads less like a traditional resume and more like a masterclass in strategic reinvention: musician,…
Read MoreSource: Baller Alert She and her husband José E. Feliciano were introduced at Petco Park Monday, and she walked in to a song she wrote herself. Kwanza Jones is now a majority owner of the San Diego Padres, making her the first Black woman to hold that position in Major League Baseball history. MLB owners…
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