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Source: AfroTech Kwanza Jones has made history with her investment in baseball. Jones and her husband José E. Feliciano are the new owners of the Padres, per the MLB. Investing in the team was a no-brainer for the couple. As AFROTECH™ previously reported, the Seidler family agreed to sell the Padres to Jones and Feliciano…
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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…
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Source: 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…
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Source: 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…
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Kwanza 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.
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Source: 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…
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Source: 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…
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Source: 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…
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Source: Face2FaceAfrica Kwanza Jones became the first Black woman to hold a majority ownership stake in a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise last week when she and her husband, José E. Feliciano, got unanimous approval from MLB owners to acquire the San Diego Padres in a record-setting $3.9 billion transaction. This historic shift came as…
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Source: What’s The Word Former recording artist Kwanza Jones makes history as MLB’s first Black woman majority owner. THE WORD Kwanza Jones has officially broken one of professional baseball’s most significant barriers, becoming the first Black woman to hold a majority ownership position in Major League Baseball. Jones and her husband and business partner, José…
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