Kneeland Youngblood is a founding partner of Pharos Capital Group, a private equity firm that focuses on providing capital for growth/expansion and buyout for high-growth mid-market companies in the health-care services and business services sectors, specifically targeting underserved markets. He is a director of Energy Future Holdings Corp. (formerly TXU) and is a former director of Burger King Corp., Starwood Hotels and Lodging and Gap Inc. Youngblood is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor's degree in politics/science in human affairs and earned a medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School.