Who We Are
Mark Pancratz, MBA
Partner,
Axiom Wealth Management
Financial Services
First Generation Business
Mark grew up in the suburbs of Chicago (Schaumburg) with great parents who ingrained in him the importance of faith, family, character, hard work, education, and team work. After graduating high school, Mark attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on a basketball scholarship. Mark graduated with a double major in marketing and finance while playing for the men's basketball team coached by Bruce Pearl. Prior to graduation, he started the process of becoming a financial representative intern for Northwestern Mutual but put that on hold to work with Coach Pearl as a graduate assistant at the University of Tennessee.
After earning his master’s degree from Tennessee, Bruce Pearl hired Mark as a full time Assistant Coach. During his tenure with Coach Pearl and then with Coach Cuonzo Martin, he had many titles and had diverse responsibilities.
After the 2012-13 season, he left the coaching world and reengaged his financial background by joining Northwestern Mutual as a full-time Financial Representative in Knoxville, TN. As any coach would tell you, the relationship and trust you develop with your players/clients is the most important thing that determines their success. After that, you must continue to evaluate the player’s strengths and weaknesses to help motivate them to continually improve and achieve their goals. In coaching clients through their financial lives, those important do not change and trust is the life blood of that partnership. With Axiom Wealth Management Group, Mark focuses on hearing a client’s story, understanding their current financial position, then encouraging them to think about what they want to achieve are vital steps to developing a financial game plan that addresses these needs and gets them started on the path to financial security.
Mark holds the Series 6 and 63 securities registrations, as well as life/health, long-term care, and variable insurance licenses in 15+ states.
When he is not working in his financial practice, you can often find him hanging out with his wife Brooke (Waddell) and their three daughters Charli, Landri, and Jovi, working out, or helping out at their church (Sevier Heights). Mark stays involved in the Knoxville sports community, regularly contributing to radio and tv sports programs.