Team profile


Protect & Empower More Areas of Your Life

When advisors focus solely on investments or retirement, clients are left to navigate crucial financial decisions on their own. That’s not how we operate.

We want to help you embrace every decision and stage of life with peace of mind. This requires a more comprehensive approach to financial planning. We go beyond the numbers to show you how investing in your future today will allow you to travel more, spend more time with family, and navigate the ups and downs of life. With us, it’s not just about wealth preservation strategies; we want to help you create a lasting legacy and be able to support the causes you care about.

Areas of focus

  • Investment Management
  • Retirement Planning Strategies
  • Estate Planning Strategies
  • Retirement Income Strategies
  • Women's Financial Strategies
  • Intergenerational Planning
  • Social Security Retirement Benefits
  • Saving for Education
  • Christian Financial Strategies
  • Charitable Giving
  • Insurance
  • Retirement Plan Distribution
  • Small Business
  • Investments
  • Family Finances
  • Cash Flow Management Strategies
  • Wealth Preservation Strategies
  • Executive Compensation and Benefit Strategies
  • Tax Planning Strategies

Awards & recognition

  • Pennington Wealth Management, InvestmentNews, Best Places to Work for Financial Advisers, 2023 - 2024
  • Pennington Wealth Management, Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams, 2023 - 2024
  • Pennington Wealth Management, Forbes Top Wealth Management Teams: High Net Worth, 2022 -2023
  • Pennington Wealth Management, Houston Business Journal Largest Houston-Area Money Management Firms, 2010 - 2022
  • Jalin Casares, Five Star Wealth Manager, 2022 - 2023
  • Darrell Pennington, Five Star Wealth Manager, 2012 -2023
  • Darrell Pennington, Barron’s Top 100 Independent Financial Advisors, 2017 - 2023
  • Darrell Pennington, Barron’s Top 1,200 Financial Advisors, 2014 - 2024
  • Darrell Pennington, Forbes Top 250 Wealth Advisors, 2018 - 2024
  • Darrell Pennington, Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors, 2018 - 2024

Community participation

Planting new landscaping in front of Agape's main campus!
Planting new landscaping in front of Agape's main campus!

Darrell and his wife are proud to serve on the board of directors for MyLIFESpeaks, a nonprofit based in Neply, Haiti whose mission is to develop a Christ-Centered community through Orphan Care and Prevention, Education, and Public Health programs and initiatives.

The Pennington Wealth Management Team is always happy to give back to the community; we spend at least one afternoon each quarter going out and volunteering around the Houston Area. See below for a list of organizations we love to support: