Kneeland Youngblood: Founding Partner, Pharos Capital Group
Kneeland Youngblood is founding partner of Pharos Capital Group, a private equity firm that focuses on providing growth and expansion capital to businesses in health care services, business services and technology.
Mr. Youngblood was chairman of the American Beacon Funds, a $30 billion mutual fund company and is completing the buyout of the $65 billion in assets holding Company, American Beacon Advisors along with TPG. American Beacon Advisors was an investment affiliate of American Airlines. He is a director of Starwood Hotels and Lodging, the Burger King Corporation, Gap Inc. and the $45 billion buyout of TXU. He is formerly a trustee of the Dallas Employee Retirement Fund and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Mr. Youngblood graduated from Princeton University in 1978 with an A.B in Politics/Science in Human Affairs and earned an M.D. degree from the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School in 1982.
