Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC (St. Louis)


Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC is a large advisory firm based in St. Louis. It manages $372.11 billion of regulatory assets for 1,339,368 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2009 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, and 48 other states.

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Wells Fargo Advisors provides financial planning services, portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, pension consulting services, selection of other advisers, and investment consulting services to institutional clients. It prepares financial plans for more than 100 clients. On top of advisory services, the firm also engages as insurance product sales.

Wells Fargo Advisors: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC is $372.11 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 213% since the beginning of its operation, and the company doesn't manage any assets belonging to foreign clients.


The firm manages $219.48 billion in discretionary accounts and $152.63 billion in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $247.36 thousand each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $337.64 thousand.
Wells Fargo Advisors has custody of $368 billion in cash and securities for 1,316,331 clients in total and acts as a qualified custodian.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, hourly charges, fixed fees, and commissions. Commissions are paid and earned by the adviser when a trade or a sales of an investment is made. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

Careers at Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

Daniel James Ludeman has been acting as President since 1 Jul 2003. Brand Frederick Meyer joined the executive team most recently as the Head Of Independent Brokerage Group / Board Of Managers.

Direct owners and executive officers



Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Daniel James Ludeman President/ceo/management committee member/executive committee member 1 Jul 2003 Other 874126
David Lee Monday Management committee member/executive committee member 1 Jul 2003 Other 722234
Llc Wachovia Securities Financial Holdings Sole member 1 Dec 2003 75% - 100% 72-1560834
Atul Kamra Outside management committee member 1 Jun 2004 Other 4891540
Lori Allyn Groden Belza Management committee member 1 Aug 2004 Other 1993692
John Gabriel Jr Peluso Outside management committee member 1 Mar 2005 Other 1902776
David Robert Kimm Chief risk officer/management committee member 1 Apr 2005 Other 722941
James Edward Hays Management committee member\executive committee member 1 Jan 2006 Other 1569212
Charlie Kent Christian Management committee member/executive committee member 1 Jan 2006 Other 1465883
Theresa Marie Roddy Management committee member 1 Jan 2006 Other 1999048
Karen Hutcheson Wimbish Management committee member 1 Jan 2006 Other 2774186
Linda Amundsen Delaney Outside management committee member 1 Mar 2006 Other 1570750
Mark John Hammersmith Outside management committee member 1 Mar 2006 Other 5113830
David Richard Hopkins Chief financial officer/management committee member/executive committee member 1 Apr 2006 Other 4802877
Mary Tabb Mack Executive vice president/management committee member/executive committee member 1 Oct 2006 Other 2959378
Joseph Peter Nadreau Management committee member 1 Jul 2007 Other 2382449
Brand Frederick Meyer Head of independent brokerage group / board of managers 1 Oct 2007 Other 808629
John Charles Ii Parker Chief operating officer (operations) / head of business services group/board of managers 1 Oct 2007 Other 4474610
Mary Margaret Atkin Management committee member / chief administrative officer/executive committee member 1 Oct 2007 Other 863962
Peter Mallory Miller Board manager/executive committee member 1 Oct 2007 Other 1237791
Douglas Laird Kelly Chief legal officer 1 Mar 2008 Other 2428802
Robert Thomas Mooney Chief compliance officer/management committee member/executive committee member 1 Mar 2008 Other 2312160
Ronald James Kessler Chief operations officer/management committee member 1 Mar 2008 Other 268695
Yvette Butler Management committee member 1 May 2008 Other 2471482
Gregory Phillip Vitt Management committee member 1 May 2008 Other 1110208
Douglas Robert Steele Outside management committee member 1 May 2008 Other 5535829
Joseph Grant Porter Management committee member 1 May 2008 Other 1080675
Kevin Brady Hurley Chief compliance officer (ia only) 1 Dec 2008 Other 1293748
John Craig Addison Human resources director/management committee member/executive committee member 1 May 2009 Other 5705459
Charles Willard Iii Daggs Outside management committee member/outside executive committee member 1 May 2009 Other 59782
Lincoln Blaine Yersin Outside management committee member 1 May 2009 Other 1715424
Roger Carlton Ochs Outside management committee member 1 May 2009 Other 1333092
J. Craig Addison Human resources director / executive committee member 1 May 2009 Other 5705459
Philip Ross Lombardo Chief financial officer/management committee member/executive committee member 1 Jun 2009 Other 1839124
Keith Allen Vanderveen Designated state principal (tx) 1 Jul 2009 Other 1196157
Allison Rash Miley Management committee member 1 Jul 2009 Other 5716976
Gailyn Ann Johnson Management committee member/executive committee member 1 Dec 2009 Other 5740508
Jimmie Lenz Chief risk officer 1 Jul 2010 Other 1407768
John Charles Ii Parker Chief operations officer 1 Apr 2011 Other 4474610
Beth Ann Hummels Human resources director 1 Jun 2011 Other 5942307
Atul Kamra Head of advice 1 Jul 2012 Other 4891540
Charlie Kent Christian Head of financial network 1 Jul 2012 Other 1465883
Mary Tabb Mack Head of financial services group / board of managers 1 Jul 2012 Other 2959378
James Edward Hays Head of wealth brokerage services 1 Nov 2012 Other 1569212
David John Kowach Head of the private client group 1 Nov 2012 Other 2154665
Kathleen Ellen Barney Finance manager 1 Apr 2013 Other 6168269
Kathleen Ellen Barney Chief financial officer 1 Jul 2013 Other 6168269
Mary Tabb Mack President - chief executive officer / board of managers 1 Jan 2014 Other 2959378
Robert William Vorlop Head of wfa products & advice 1 Apr 2014 Other 1146770
Joseph Peter Nadreau Managing director of innovation & strategy 1 Apr 2014 Other 2382449
Kevin Thomas Kitchin Designated state principal 1 Jul 2014 Other 1841815
James Tiebout Mchale Chief compliance officer 1 Dec 2014 Other 6052977
Mark William Hubbert Chief risk and credit officer 1 Sep 2015 Other 1802805
Brand Frederick Meyer Interim president / head of independent brokerage group / board of managers 1 Jul 2016 Other 808629
Brand Frederick Meyer Head of independent brokerage group / board of managers 1 Aug 2016 Other 808629
David John Kowach President - chief executive officer / board of managers 1 Aug 2016 Other 2154665

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 15 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Llc Prudential Capital & Investment Services Share holder 1 Nov 1982 75% - 100% 22-2422630
Inc. Pruco Share holder 1 Dec 1983 75% - 100% 22-1916656
Inc Prudential Financial Share holder 1 Dec 2001 75% - 100% 22-3703799
Everen Capital Corporation Share holder 1 Mar 2003 75% - 100% 36-4019175
Llc Wachovia Securities Holdings Member 1 Dec 2003 75% - 100% 72-1560830
Inc Prudential Securities Group Share holder 1 Apr 2004 25% - 50% 22-2347336
Inc. A.G. Edwards Share holder 1 Jan 2008 75% - 100% 26-1271560
Wells Fargo & Company Share holder 1 Jan 2009 75% - 100% 41-0449260
Wachovia Corporation Stockholder 1 Jan 2009 75% - 100% 26-3918610
N.A. Wachovia Bank Stockholder 1 Jan 2009 75% - 100% 26-3918610
Wells Fargo & Company Share holder 1 Mar 2010 75% - 100% 41-0449260
Inc. Wells Fargo Investments Group Share holder 1 Mar 2010 Other 41-1975159
N.A. Wells Fargo Bank Stockholder 1 Mar 2010 75% - 100% 94-1347393
N. A. Wells Fargo Bank Stockholder 1 Mar 2010 75% - 100% 94-1347393
Everen Capital Corporation Share holder 1 Aug 2010 75% - 100% 36-4019175

Based in St. Louis

The principal office where Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC performs its advisory services is located at One North Jefferson Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63103 2205, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Newport Beach, CA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 314-875-3000 or by fax 336-726-8789. The normal business hours are 8:00am - 5:00pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at wachovia.com.