Penny Pennington | |
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Born | Nashville, Tennessee | October 24, 1963
Nationality | American |
Education | University of Virginia (BA) Kellogg School of Management (MBA) |
Occupation | Businesswoman |
Known for | Currently the only woman to lead a major US brokerage firm[1] |
Title | Managing partner of Edward Jones Investments |
Term | January 2019-present |
Spouse | Mike Fidler |
Children | 2 |
Penny Pennington (born October 24, 1963) is an American businesswoman. She became the managing partner of Edward Jones Investments as of January 1, 2019.[1]
Penny Pennington was born in Nashville, Tennessee.[2] She received a bachelor's degree in commerce with a concentration in finance from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.[3]
Pennington started her career with Edward Jones Investments in 2000 as a financial advisor in Livonia, Michigan.[4] She was named a principal and moved to the company's St. Louis, Missouri headquarters in 2006.[5] After her move to St. Louis, Pennington took on several senior leadership roles at Edward Jones. She served as a board member on the Edward Jones Trust Co. and on the executive, management and audit committees. Beginning in 2015, she was head of the client strategies group; overseeing products/services delivered to clients and research, trading and marketing.[6]
Pennington is on the board of the Edward Jones Trust Company, a member of Edward Jones’ executive, management and audit committees and she is a senior executive sponsor of the firm's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and ally (LGBTA) Business Resource Group.[4]
Pennington is on the boards of Donald Danforth Plant Science Center; Shakespeare Festival St. Louis; Saint Louis Fashion Fund; United Way of Greater St. Louis [5] and Whitaker Foundation.[7] She is also a co-chair of the Forest Park Forever 2019 Women's Committee and 29th Annual Hat Luncheon.[8] Pennington also is on the boards of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis,[9] the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees[10] and the Executive Committee of the Chair’s Council for Greater St. Louis.[10]
Pennington is married to Mike Fidler and they have two grown children.[11]