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Founder, CEO and Private Wealth Advisor Ryan Saunders ranked in top ten in North Carolina for Top Next-Gen Wealth Advisors Best in State (August 2022)

Forbes Best-in-State Financial Security professionals award

Founder, CEO and Private Wealth Advisor Ryan Saunders ranked in top ten in North Carolina for Forbes Top Financial Security Professionals Best in State (July 2022)

The Charlotte Observer - Charlotte's Best 2022 Winner

Plancentric Financial Group voted as a top wealth management group in Charlotte Observer’s Charlotte’s Best awards (October 2022)

top financial security professionals in the country (October 2021)

Founder, CEO and Private Wealth Advisor Ryan Saunders named #142 out of 250 top financial security professionals in the country (October 2021)

most admired CEO in the Charlotte region (June 2022)

Founder, CEO and Wealth Management Advisor Ryan Saunders named a most admired CEO in the Charlotte region (June 2022)

featured in regional issues of Fortune, Entrepreneur and Bloomberg Businesweek magazines (February 2022)

Plancentric Financial Group featured in regional issues of Fortune, Entrepreneur and Bloomberg Businesweek magazines (February 2022)

Charlotte Business Journal Best Places to Work 2022

Plancentric Financial Group named to Charlotte Business Journal’s Best Places to Work, Small Companies for second consecutive year (November 2022)

ranked #1, Small Companies, on the Charlotte Business Journal's 2021 Best Places to Work (November 2021)

Plancentric Financial Group ranked #1, Small Companies, on the Charlotte Business Journal's 2021 Best Places to Work (November 2021)

Fast 50 2022

Plancentric Financial Group ranked as one of the 50 fastest growing companies in the Charlotte region in 2022, the third consecutive year as the only wealth management firm on the list. (December 2022)

Plancentric Financial Group ranked as one of the 50 fastest growing companies in the Charlotte region in 2021

Plancentric Financial Group ranked as one of the 50 fastest growing companies in the Charlotte region in 2021, the second consecutive year as the only wealth management firm on the list. (December 2021)

ranked as one of the 50 fastest growing companies in the Charlotte region in 2020

Plancentric Financial Group ranked as one of the 50 fastest growing companies in the Charlotte region in 2020, the only wealth management firm on the list. (December 2020)

Charlotte Magazine Best of the Best Winner 2023

Plancentric Financial Group voted top financial planning/wealth management group (April 2023)

voted top financial planning/wealth management group (April 2022)

Plancentric Financial Group voted top financial planning/wealth management group (April 2022)

voted top financial planning/wealth management group (April 2021)

Plancentric Financial Group voted top financial planning/wealth management group (April 2021)

Charlotte Business Journal Charlotte's Largest Financial Planning Firms 2023

Plancentric Financial Group named to the largest financial planning firms in the Charlotte region (April 2023)

top 25 financial planning firms in the Charlotte region (April 2022)

Plancentric Financial Group named to the top 25 financial planning firms in the Charlotte region (April 2022)

Forbes “Top Next-Generation Wealth Advisors” list, (August 2022).  Based upon data as of 3/31/2022.  Forbes Best-in-State Top Financial Security Professionals list (July 2022), based upon data as of December 31st of the preceding year.  Forbes Top Financial Security Professionals list (October 2021), based upon 2020 data.  Research and rankings provided by SHOOK Research. Northwestern Mutual and its advisors do not pay for placement on 3rd party rating lists, but do pay marketing fees to these organizations to promote the rating(s).  Rankings and recognitions are no guarantee of future investment success.

Charlotte Observer Top Wealth Management Group (October 2022). Results are determined by online reader votes in the award year.  No compensation is provided to be eligible. 

Charlotte Magazine BOB Awards, results are determined by online reader votes between January-February of the award year.  No compensation is provided to be eligible.

Charlotte Business Journal (2023, 2022). Ranked by number of local Certified Financial Planner professionals. No compensation provided to be eligible.