Gary Wunderlich

Gary Wunderlich joined Pinnacle Financial Partners in 2023 to become President and CEO of PNFP Capital Markets, Inc., the investment banking subsidiary of Pinnacle Bank.  Gary is responsible for growing the firm’s established and sophisticated program for M&A, debt and equity placement, syndications, and derivatives.

Prior to Pinnacle, Gary was a co-founder and Managing Partner at Live Oak Merchant Partners, a merchant bank that he co-founded in 2019, specializing in Principal Investments, SPAC Sponsorship and Capital Advisory services across a wide range of industries.  Prior to Live Oak, Gary was the founder and CEO of Wunderlich Securities, Inc., a full-service investment banking and brokerage firm, from 1996 until its successful merger in July 2017 with B. Riley Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: RILY). Following the merger, Gary served as a director of RILY and remained CEO of Wunderlich (rebranded B Riley Wealth) until November of 2018. As CEO of Wunderlich, Gary was involved in all aspects of company growth from a virtual start-up into a full-service investment bank. Firm-wide revenues grew to over $120 million in 2017, reflecting a CAGR of approximately 30% over 23 years. In addition to wealth management and institutional fixed income, Gary oversaw an investment banking department that was a manager or co-manager of 151 transactions raising over $21.5 billion in proceeds for issuers in the three years prior to its merger with B Riley. Wunderlich Securities, Inc. was ranked as one of the fastest growing private companies in America by Inc. Magazine in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.

Gary currently serves on the boards of, Memphis River Parks Partnership, ArtsMemphis and The Campbell Clinic Foundation, as well as on the advisory Board of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA). He is also a member of YPO Southern 7 Gold Chapter. Gary received a BA in economics from the University of Virginia in 1992 and an MBA in finance from the University of Memphis in 1995.

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