José Feliciano
Full Name
José Feliciano
Job Title
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Clearlake Capital Group; Principal Owner and Control Person, San Diego Padres
Speaker Bio
José E. Feliciano is an investor, business leader, and philanthropist who serves as a Principal Owner and designated Control Person of the San Diego Padres. Together with his wife and business partner, Kwanza Jones, he jointly leads the Club's ownership group, bringing more than two decades of experience building and investing in businesses and a long-term approach grounded in disciplined investment, operational excellence, and growth.

Beyond the Padres, Feliciano is a co-controlling owner of Chelsea F.C. of the English Premier League. Feliciano and Jones are also minority investors in the Minnesota Timberwolves and have invested across the sports ecosystem through Dyal HomeCourt Partners, Arctos Sports Partners, Monarch Collective, and Project Level, including investments supporting the continued growth of women’s sports. Feliciano is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Clearlake Capital Group, a leading global investment firm founded in 2006, with over $185 billion of assets under management.

Feliciano is also Co-Founder of the Kwanza Jones & José E. Feliciano Initiative (Jones•Feliciano), the private family office he and Jones established in 2014. Jones•Feliciano stewards long-horizon capital across sports, media, private markets, and mission-aligned platforms.

Feliciano serves on the boards of the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games and Cedars-Sinai, and is a Trustee of Stanford University, the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino, and the J. Paul Getty Trust.