Pinnacle Expands Charlotte Team with Addition of Financial Expert

Experienced banking professional Steven Gunzenhauser recently joined Pinnacle Financial Partners’ Charlotte Third Street office. He has 17 years of financial experience and will serve as a financial advisor.

“Steven’s service-driven approach and dedication to client relationships has made him an outstanding addition to our firm,” said Mark Crum, area manager. “He is the latest example of the kind of talent drawn to our way of doing business and company culture.”

Gunzenhauser joins Pinnacle from Truist, where he served most recently as vice president, relationship manager for commercial real estate. He is a graduate of Clemson University and an active member of Charlotte’s chapters of the Risk Management Association and Urban Land Institute.
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 and fastest growing bank in the Nashville-Murfreesboro-Franklin MSA, according to 2023 deposit data from the FDIC. Pinnacle is No. 11 on the 2024 list of 100 Best Companies to Work For® in the U.S., its eighth consecutive appearance and was recognized by American Banker as one of America’s Best Banks to Work For 11 years in a row and No. 1 among banks with more than $10 billion in assets in 2023.

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 $49.4 billion in assets as of June 30, 2024. As the second-largest bank holding company 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 www.pnfp.com.