Kyle Bethancourt is the President and Co-Founder of Sallyport Holdings, LLC and Managing Director at Sallyport Investments. Sallyport is a private investment fund with an emphasis on energy, specialty finance, and logistics.Prior to Sallyport, Bethancourt worked for the Blackstone Group in its credit arm, GSO Capital Partners. He was responsible for making E&P, Midstream, and OFS investments and was focused on the Permian Basin and the Marcellus/Utica. Bethancourt played a key role in the launch of Franklin Square Energy & Power, an energy focused BDC with $3.4 billion in AUM. Prior to GSO, Bethancourt was employed at D.E. Shaw & Company, Merrill Lynch, and the El Paso Corporation.Bethancourt was a double major in Accounting and Finance at Texas A&M University. He received his MBA from the Wharton School where he has guest lectured on energy investing. He currently lives in Houston, Texas with his wife and three children.