Top Wealth + Best-in-State · rank 3 · Houston, Texas · listed firm: Ameriprise Financial Services
Identity & firm
- Firm — Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC (high)
- “DARRELL RAY PENNINGTON - Broker at AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC” — sec_finra_regulatory
- “Darrell Pennington, MBA, CFP® is a Private Wealth Advisor and managing partner for Pennington Wealth Management, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC” — firm_official
- Parent company — Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (high)
- “Darrell Pennington, MBA, CFP® is a Private Wealth Advisor and managing partner for Pennington Wealth Management, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC” — firm_official
- Firm type — ibd_rep (high)
- “He is currently employed by and registered with Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC (CRD# 6363), with registration dating back to 06/17/1996 as an Investment Adviser and 12/18/1995 as a Broker.” — sec_finra_regulatory
- “Pennington Wealth Management - A private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC” — firm_official
- Team name — Pennington Wealth Management (high)
- “Pennington Wealth Management - A private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC” — firm_official
- Team size — 24 (medium)
- “Darrell Pennington - Private Wealth Advisor; Jalin Casares - Financial Advisor; Jacqueline Warner - Associate Financial Advisor; Elton Wong - Associate Financial Advisor; Kyndal Martin - Associate Financial Advisor; Laur” — firm_official
- CRD — 2686580 (high)
- “DARRELL RAY PENNINGTON” — sec_finra_regulatory
- “BrokerCheck Report DARRELL RAY PENNINGTON Section Title Report Summary” — sec_finra_regulatory
- Years experience — 31 (high)
- “31 Years of Experience” — firm_official
- Designations — CFP, other:MBA (high)
- “Darrell R. Pennington, MBA, CFP - Pennington Wealth Management A Private Wealth Advisory Practice of Ameriprise Financial Services LLC” — social_or_third_party_db
- “CFP® (CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®)” — firm_official
Book of business
- Team AUM ($M) — 1300 (high)
- “$1.3B” — forbes_shook
- Account minimum ($M) — 0.5 (high)
- “$500K” — forbes_shook
- Typical client net worth ($M) — 5.75 (high)
- “$1.5-10M” — forbes_shook
- Client niche — high-net-worth families and executives — retirement, estate and executive compensation planning (medium)
- “Wealth preservation, tax planning, retirement planning, investments, retirement plan distribution, retirement income strategies, executive compensation, small business financial planning, Social Security benefits, and es” — firm_official
- Custodians — gap: not_applicable
- Fee model — fee_plus_commission (medium)
- “He is currently employed by and registered with Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC (CRD# 6363), with registration dating back to 06/17/1996 as an Investment Adviser and 12/18/1995 as a Broker.” — sec_finra_regulatory
Positioning & marketing
- Website url — https://www.ameripriseadvisors.com/team/pennington-wealth-management/ (high)
- “Pennington Wealth Management - A private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC” — firm_official
- Value proposition (verbatim) — Every day I deliver future-focused financial solutions that transform lives. (high)
- “Every day I deliver future-focused financial solutions that transform lives.” — firm_official
- “Your financial priorities are personal, and your plan should be too. We'll partner together to clearly define what you're working toward, follow your progress and make thoughtful adjustments as life changes — because it ” — firm_official
- Differentiators — Advice built around you — and your life, Ameriprise Private Wealth Advisor tier for high-net-worth clients, Large multi-disciplinary team (advisors, paraplanner, COO, dedicated operations and marketing staff), Ongoing partnership with regular check-ins and adjustments as life changes, Sustained third-party recognition (Barron's, Forbes, Five Star) (medium)
- “Advice built around you — and your life” — firm_official
- “Having the right team in your corner can make what was once insurmountable seem small. As your financial advising team, we'll be with you every step of the way” — firm_official
- Content marketing — gap: not_found_after_search
- Has podcast — gap: not_found_after_search
- Books published — gap: not_found_after_search
- Linkedin url — https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrellpennington/ (high)
- “Darrell R. Pennington, MBA, CFP - Pennington Wealth Management A Private Wealth Advisory Practice of Ameriprise Financial Services LLC | LinkedIn” — social_or_third_party_db
- Social presence — linkedin_active, instagram (medium)
- “Connect with us” — firm_official
- Press awards — Barron's Top 100 Independent Financial Advisors, 2017-2025, Barron's Top 1,500 Financial Advisors, 2026, InvestmentNews Best Places to Work, 2023-2025, Five Star Wealth Manager, 2012-2025 (medium)
- “Darrell Pennington: Barron's Top 100 Independent Financial Advisors (2017-2025)” — firm_official
- “Barron's Top 1,500 Financial Advisors, 2026” — firm_official
Visual brand
- Has distinct logo — yes (high)
- Logo url — https://cobranding.ameriprise.com/binaries/content/gallery/cobranding/afg/p/pennington-wealth-management/300x100_fullcolor_practice_penningtonwealthmanagement.svg (high)
- Visual brand notes — Ameriprise corporate template: blue/neutral palette, clean sans typography, co-branded practice wordmark over the Ameriprise mark; candid team and community photography rather than luxury imagery. (medium)
