José E. Feliciano Ushers in the LinkedIn-ification of the San Diego Padres

José E. Feliciano, the San Diego Padres’ next owner, isn’t an AI-generated billionaire. He only sounds like one.  “As I recently discussed at Bloomberg Invest, this inflection point will generate significant investment opportunities for disciplined investors…” read a recent LinkedIn post. “The power grid is the backbone of the modern economy, and it’s about to undergo its most significant transformation yet,” declared another. “I studied at Princeton U to be a power engineer [sic] so this is a full circle moment for me!” Indeed, Feliciano’s LinkedIn profile, which is as exquisitely maintained and expertly pruned as a French garden, goes back that far. Princeton, ‘94. Stanford Business School, ‘99. “Did he cut his teeth as a financial analyst at a big investment firm?” you wonder. Of course: Goldman Sachs, 1994-97. “Then where did he make partner?” That would be at Tennenbaum Capital Partners, 2001-05. “Mere employees don’t make billions, though. How did he earn his fortune?” He co-founded Clearlake Capital Group, 2006. The Santa Monica-based Clearlake Capital is now a $90 billion, private equity behemoth. For their part, Feliciano and his wife Kwanza Jones are now worth an estimated $4 billion. But don’t worry. He found time through the years
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