Kwanza Jones Built A $4.5B Net Worth And Made History As MLB’s First Black Female Majority Owner
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 MoreKwanza Jones makes MLB history as new co-owner of the San Diego Padres
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…
Read MoreA New Era of Power: A Black Woman is Now an MLB Owner
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…
Read MorePadres Owner Kwanza Jones Reveals The “Boost Bus”
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.
Read MoreSinger-songwriter, investor Jones becomes first Black woman MLB team majority owner
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…
Read MoreKwanza Jones makes history as first Black woman to become majority owner of MLB franchise
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…
Read More‘Culture in Motion’ roadshow coming to TROY’s Rosa Parks Museum on Sept. 5
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 Rosa Parks…
Read MoreFrom Billboard to boardroom, meet MLB’s first Black woman majority owner who started as a singer
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…
Read MoreWho is Kwanza Jones and what does her Padres ownership mean
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…
Read MoreKwanza Jones photographs reporters at press conference introducing her as the San Diego Padres owner [VIDEO]
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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