Kneeland Youngblood

Who is Kneeland Youngblood?

Kneeland Youngblood is an African-American physician, businessman, and political figure. He is the co-founder of the venture capital firm Pharos Capital Group, LLC, which specializes in raising private equity for undercapitalized businesses in underserved regions across the nation. Youngblood is listed as a top bundler for Barack Obama, having bundled more than $200,000.

Youngblood was born in Galena Park, Texas. He became involved in politics at a young age, and was a page in the Texas State Legislature at age 14. Youngblood attended Princeton University and earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science in 1978. Before he graduated Youngblood participated in a sit-in calling for Princeton to divestment from South Africa under apartheid.

Youngblood traveled to Oxford, England, and Stockholm, Sweden, before returning to the United States. He attended the University of Texas Health Science Center and earned his M.D. in 1982. He was a resident in Emergency Medicine at the Emory University School of Medicine from 1983 to 1985, training primarily at Grady Memorial Hospital. Youngblood worked in medicine from 1985 to 1997 as an emergency medicine physician at the Medical Center of Plano.