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Source: eastvillagetimes The San Diego Padres’ new owners, Jose E. Feliciano and Kwanza Jones, are officially sworn in. In their first public appearance since MLB owners unanimously approved their ownership, the couple spoke to the press directly about their goals and hopes for their tenure. The conference touched on a lot of things: their view…
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: CassiusLife Kwanza Jones made history by becoming a Padres owner. Then she introduced herself to San Diego with enough energy to make the internet instantly take notice. If first impressions mean anything, the new ownership group of the San Diego Padres knows how to make one. Kwanza Jones and her husband and business partner,…
Read MoreSource: Hip-Hop Vibe MLB’s First Black Principal Owner Brings Unconventional Energy to Introductory Event Kwanza Jones flipped the script at her introductory press conference. The new San Diego Padres principal owner stood up, raised her phone, and started photographing the reporters in the room. The 23-second clip, posted by @BleacherReport on X yesterday (August 25),…
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: Rollingout The Padres’ new majority owner brought her whole self to the podium, and fans took notice Kwanza Jones did not walk into Petco Park on Monday. She danced in. As “We All In,” a song she wrote and performed herself, filled the room, the San Diego Padres’ new majority owner moved through the…
Read MoreSource: Fox News Kwanza Jones and Jose E. Feliciano completed the $3.9B sale with the Padres, who hold a two-game lead in the NL Wild Card As a singer and songwriter, Kwanza Jones knows a thing or two about putting on a performance, and she made sure to show off those abilities as she was…
Read MoreSource: Fox News Kwanza Jones and Jose E. Feliciano completed the $3.9B sale with the Padres, who hold a two-game lead in the NL Wild Card As a singer and songwriter, Kwanza Jones knows a thing or two about putting on a performance, and she made sure to show off those abilities as she was…
Read MoreSource: NYPost If the first press conference is any indication, there will be plenty of winning in the Padres’ future. In a clip that surely won’t come back to haunt a franchise that has never won a World Series, San Diego had quite the introduction to new owners Kwanza Jones and Jose E. Feliciano on…
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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