Penny Pennington

Penny Pennington is the managing partner of Edward Jones, a leading financial services company dedicated to helping its 9 million clients turn their life plans into financial plans.

Pennington is leading Edward Jones as it achieves its next bold ambition – serving more clients, more completely as a financial planning and advice firm that is client-focused, knowledge-powered and relationship-first. The firm's approximately 55,000 associates, including more than 20,000 financial advisors throughout the U.S. and Canada, are committed to helping clients achieve financially what matters most to them.

Under her leadership, Edward Jones delivers on its purpose – to partner for positive impact, to improve the lives of its clients and colleagues, and together, better its communities and society. With more branch offices in more communities than any other financial services company, Edward Jones seeks to lift more people up through three areas of focus: partnering for lasting financial strength, promoting healthier futures and advancing inclusive growth.

Pennington began her career with Edward Jones as a financial advisor in 2000 after a 14-year career in banking and was named a firm principal in 2006. She held various leadership roles in the firm's St. Louis headquarters before being named managing partner in 2019. She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and she was named No. 67 on the Fortune Most Powerful Women* list in 2024.

In 2022, Pennington was elected to serve a three-year term as a large-firm governor of the FINRA Board of Governors, which oversees management in the administration of FINRA’s affairs and the promotion of FINRA’s welfare, objectives and purposes. She is an active member of the St. Louis community, serving on the boards of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees.