New Padres owner Kwanza Jones steals show in wild intoductory press conference

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 Monday.

Jones stole the show with an Emmy Award worthy performance while discussing the team’s future.

“We gonna win. We gonna win. We’re going to win. We’re going to win it all,” Jones said while motioning her hands over her head as if she was seeing the sun. “We hope it’s sooner rather than later.”

It’s a new era in San Diego with the Seidler family finally completing its $3.9 billion sale earlier this month to Jones and Feliciano, who are married.

Jones, a former singer, and Feliciano, a businessman with a net worth of $3.9 billion, per Forbes, have taken over a franchise that famously has not win the big one.

No one will care about the press conference should the Padres finally end their 57-year drought that dates to their 1969 debut, but Dodgers fans surely will use these clips against them if the Padres fail.

The married duo hit the right chords Monday, speaking about their lofty ambitions although time will tell whether they invest at a level to keep the Padres competitive.

Jones provided the most buzzworthy moments of the Q&A with her animated and passionate responses.

San Diego Padres CEO Erik Greupner, left, and new owners Kwanza Jones, center, and José E. Feliciano, right, speak at a news conference at Petco Park in San Diego, Calif., Monday, August 24, 2026. AP Photo/Greg Beacham

“We are thrilled and overjoyed and excited,” she said with a smile. “Maybe those are my words, (Feliciano) said it with a little more reserve.”

Feliciano provided much more even-keeled responses, even saying that the can’t promise they will win but hopes that will the case.

“It’s a dream come true,” Feliciano said. “It’s an amazing day for us and we’re very grateful, very honored to be here with you and to celebrate today.”


New San Diego Padres owners José E. Feliciano and Kwanza Jones speak to the media.
New San Diego Padres owners José E. Feliciano, left, and Kwanza Jones speak to the media at Petco Park in San Diego, Calif., Monday, August 24, 2026. AP Photo/Greg Beacham

Jones and Feliciano are inheriting an organization on the verge of making the playoffs for the third straight year and fifth time in six seasons.

San Diego is 71-61and occupies the third and final NL Wild Card spot.

The franchise has not reached the World Series since 1999 when the Yankees won their second of three straight titles in a sweep.

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