Glenn A. Youngkin

Co-Chief Executive Officer
The Carlyle Group


Glenn A. Youngkin

Glenn Youngkin is Co-Chief Executive Officer of The Carlyle Group and a member of Carlyle's Board of Directors. He is based in Washington, DC.

From May 2015 to December 2017, Mr. Youngkin served as President and Chief Operating Officer. From June 2014 to May 2015, Mr. Youngkin served as Co-President and Co-Chief Operating Officer. From 2011 until May 2014, Mr. Youngkin was Carlyle’s Chief Operating Officer. From October 2010 until March 2011, Mr. Youngkin served as Carlyle’s interim principal financial officer. From 2005 to 2008, Mr. Youngkin was the Global Head of the Industrial Sector investment team. From 2000 to 2005, Mr. Youngkin led Carlyle’s buyout activities in the United Kingdom and from 1995 to 2000, he was a member of the U.S. buyout team. Prior to joining Carlyle in 1995, Mr. Youngkin was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company and he also previously worked in the investment banking group at CS First Boston.

Mr. Youngkin earned his B.S. in mechanical engineering and his B.A. in managerial studies from Rice University and his MBA from the Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar.

Mr. Youngkin has served on the Board of Directors of numerous Carlyle portfolio companies. Mr. Youngkin also currently serves on several non-profit governing boards, including the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral School, the Board of Directors of the Rice Management Company, and the Vestry of Holy Trinity Church.