Pinnacle Financial Partners Named No. 1 Top Workplace In Charlotte for the Fifth Year in a Row

For the fifth year in a row, Pinnacle Financial Partners was named the best place to work in Charlotte. The firm landed again at No.1 on the list of Top Workplaces from Charlotte Magazine and Energage in the large companies category for firms that have 500+ associates in the U.S. This is Pinnacle's seventh appearance overall on the list. This year, the firm was also recognized with the Manager award, recognizing the firm for its great leaders in Charlotte. This award acknowledges that Pinnacle leaders support associates in learning and growth.

"Our associates here earned this award with the way they show up every day and pull together to do their very best for each other and for their clients," said Rob Ellenburg, Pinnacle's regional chairman in Southern North Carolina. "Pinnacle hires the most talented, experienced professionals into an environment that prioritizes partnership and teamwork. With the support of their teammates and the freedom and autonomy to serve their clients, our associates are happy and engaged. We've stayed true to our values and empowered each other every step of the way."

Awards and honors like this award are determined by associate surveys, where Pinnacle performs strongly. On the firm's annual and anonymous internal survey, associates left comments like:

"I appreciate how the firm appreciates associates. By having listening sessions that even the CEO attends. No other bank does that. Though we have guardrails, we are allowed to do banking the way that feels natural to each of us. Nothing scripted or fake. Pinnacle really does make you feel like you are a team. Not just a team, but a big family."

"I appreciate that I am responsible for my own day. I am entrusted to manage clients how I see fit."

"We have the flexibility to help implement changes or express where we'd like to see change, so our jobs become more efficient. Transparency is such a wonderful way to build trust. We're in this together."

"I appreciate the kindness and compassion most show within Pinnacle and the help without hesitation. I love all the people I work with. That is very hard to find this day and time in your place of employment."

The list of Top Workplaces is based entirely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by the research firm Energage, LLC, a leading provider of technology-based employee engagement tools. The anonymous survey measures several aspects of workplace culture, including employees feeling respected and supported, enabled to grow, and empowered to execute, to name a few.

Pinnacle Financial Partners provides a full range of banking, investment, trust, mortgage and insurance products and services designed for businesses and their owners and individuals interested in a comprehensive relationship with their financial institution. The firm is the No. 1 bank in the Nashville-Murfreesboro-Franklin MSA, according to 2025 deposit data from the FDIC. Pinnacle is No. 9 on FORTUNE magazine's 2025 list of 100 Best Companies to Work For® in the U.S., its ninth consecutive appearance and was recognized by American Banker as one of America's Best Banks to Work For 12 years in a row and No. 1 among banks with more than $10 billion in assets in 2024.

Pinnacle entered the North Carolina market in 2017 when it acquired BNC Bancorp, offering community bank service with the resources and sophistication of a larger firm. Pinnacle is ranked as the No. 1 workplace in the Triad, Triangle and Charlotte markets, as listed by the Triad Business Journal, Triangle Business Journal and Charlotte Observer.

The firm began operations in a single location in downtown Nashville, TN in October 2000 and has since grown to approximately $56.0 billion in assets as of Sept. 30, 2025. As the second-largest bank holding company headquartered in Tennessee, Pinnacle operates in several primarily urban markets across the Southeast.

Additional information concerning Pinnacle, which is included in the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index, can be accessed at https://www.pnfp.com