KYLE WATSON

Angel Flight South Central Beginnings
Kyle Watson joined Angel Flight in 2022 and became a member of the Board of Directors in November 2022.

​​Aviation Adventures
Kyle began flying at the age of 13 after his parents incentivized him with one hour of flight training for every “A” earned in school. After earning his private pilot’s license in high school, Kyle attended the University of Oklahoma with initial aspirations to become a professional pilot. After determining that he enjoyed flying as a “hobby” more than as a “job”, he switched concentrations and graduated summa cum laude with a major in Finance and a minor in Aviation - with instrument and commercial ratings. After taking roughly a decade off from flying, Kyle returned to flying in 2021 and soon thereafter purchased his first airplane a V35B V-tail Bonanza. Kyle most enjoys flying cross-country with his family to see his grandparents and OU football games.

​​Personal Stories
Kyle was born and raised in Argyle, TX and currently resides in Houston TX with his wife, three young children and his once highly-trained Brittany spaniel bird dog, turned couch potato, Mack. After graduating from the University of Oklahoma, Kyle attended Harvard Law School where he graduated cum laude. After law school, Kyle began his legal career in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP working in the Private Equity / Mergers & Acquisition group. In 2014, Kyle returned to Texas and was a founding attorney of the Kirkland & Ellis Houston office. Kyle is now a partner at Kirkland & Ellis and focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments and joint ventures transactions. Kyle’s experience covers a broad spectrum of industries including the energy and infrastructure sectors, industrials, renewables and energy transition projects, as well as impact and ESG-related investing. He has handled matters on behalf of client such as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., The Blackstone Group, Ares Management, I Squared Capital and the Macquarie Group.