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Source: 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…
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Source: 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,…
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Source: 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),…
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Source: 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,…
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Source: 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…
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Source: 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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Source: Yahoo! Sports The history-making new owner of the San Diego Padres has a fascinating resume and all of the right energy. Major League Baseball has a new team owner in their midst, and her name is Kwanza Jones. After news first broke in May that she and her husband, Clearlake Capital co-founder and managing…
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Kwanza Jones joins T.I. on Expeditiously for a conversation about entrepreneurship, investing, creativity, and impact. From lessons learned on a childhood paper route to building businesses, investing in communities, and creating Culture In Motion™, she shares how thinking bigger, surrounding yourself with the right people, and taking action can turn possibility into lasting impact.
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New Padres owners feel a kinship with San Diego, ready to embrace roles as stewards of what they see as community asset Source: sandiegouniontribune A law student and her boyfriend, a young man getting his start in investment banking and bound for business school, made a date for an afternoon in Central Park. It was…
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Source: sandiegoville A new era of San Diego Padres baseball officially stepped into the spotlight Monday afternoon at Petco Park, and if husband-and-wife José E. Feliciano and Kwanza Jones wanted their first public appearance as the franchise’s new owners to establish a theme, they made it unmistakable: listen first, think long term, invest in San Diego and,…
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