José E. Feliciano

José E. Feliciano is a Puerto Rican-born American businessman and investor. He is the co-founder and managing partner of investment firm Clearlake Capital. According to Forbes, Feliciano has a net worth of $4.4 billion as of April 2025.^[1] Feliciano was first placed on Forbes’ Forbes 400 and Forbes Billionaires lists in 2020.^[2]

Feliciano was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.^[3][4][5] He graduated from Princeton University with a degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering in 1994, and received his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.^[6]

Feliciano started his career in investment banking in the mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance groups at Goldman Sachs.^[7] He served as chief financial officer at govWorks and was a Partner at Tennenbaum Capital, an alternative investment management firm.^[7][8][9] In 2006, Feliciano and Behdad Eghbali co-founded Clearlake Capital.^[3]

Feliciano's Clearlake Capital is the 12th largest private equity firm in the world, having overseen more than $45 billion in capital. Notable portfolio clientele include Alteryx, Dun & Bradstreet, and ModMed.^{[10][11][12][13]}

In May 2022, a consortium of investors co-led by Clearlake closed its acquisition of Chelsea Football Club for over £4.25 billion.^[3] Feliciano serves on the boards of several Clearlake portfolio companies, including Chelsea Football Club and WellPet.^[14][7]

Feliciano's interest in sports has driven some of Clearlake Capital's investments, most notably with the acquisition of Chelsea Football Club. Feliciano has described similarities between the disciplines of sports and business, emphasizing the importance of teamwork, strategy, and execution in achieving success in both arenas.^[15]

In 2022 and 2023, the Los Angeles Business Journal named Feliciano one of the wealthiest Angelenos in Los Angeles.^[4][16]

Feliciano has seen firm assets gain to over $90 Billion in 2025 and are expected to continue to increase, as Feliciano and partners have launched Clearlake Credit to increase private and liquid credit investments.^[17][18]

Feliciano is married to Kwanza Jones, an artist and Princeton alumna, and the couple co-founded Kwanza Jones & José E. Feliciano Supercharged Initiative, a philanthropic grant-making organization.

In 2017, Clearlake Capital and the Kwanza Jones & José E. Feliciano Supercharged Initiative committed to match donations up to $500,000 for Puerto Rico disaster relief following Hurricane Maria.^[19] Clearlake Capital and the Kwanza Jones and José E. Feliciano Supercharged Initiative were the anchor sponsors focused on supporting recovery and rebuilding efforts on the island.^[20][21]

In 2019, Feliciano and Jones made a $1 million gift to Bennet College, one of the single largest grant's in the college's history. In 2020, Feliciano and Jones announced a $20 million gift to Princeton in support of access and inclusion.^[22][23][24] From 2017 to 2025, Feliciano and Jones have committed over $200 million in contributions to these groups and others, including the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where Feliciano has been named a Trustee.^[25][26][27]

In July 2021, Feliciano was named one of four winners of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award.^[28][29]

In May 2023, Princeton unveiled two residence halls named after Feliciano and his wife, the first buildings in Princeton's history named after Black and Latino donors.^[30]

Feliciano serves on the board of directors of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the Robert Toigo Foundation and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. He is also a trustee of the J. Paul Getty Trust, Stanford University and the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Latino, and is on the board of directors for LA28, the Olympic and Paralympic Games Los Angeles 2028.^[28][31][32]