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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner28 years in industry

JOHN EDWARD LEDFORD

Advisor at FORTRESS WEALTH GROUP

WINTER PARK, FL

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 1:02 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 1
Observed: Dec 13, 2001 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

same identity by shared identifier, citation, or a bridge measured by hand

Private Equityidentity

John Edward Ledford

same person, same CRD on Schedule A · confidence 95% · family precision 100%

Facts

fact = as filed or announced; derived = computed by DFX; estimate = a band, never a point

Current firm: FORTRESS WEALTH GROUP
Current firm class: independent wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Jan 13, 1998earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 28derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 6derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Jan 13, 1998
First registration: Dec 13, 2001
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 2960837

Registration history

registration spans on IAPD; the basis says whether the span is a current registration or a prior employment record

Firm	Class	Began	Ended	Current	Branch	Basis
FORTRESS WEALTH GROUP	Independent wealth	Jun 29, 2020	n/a	yes	WINTER PARK, FL	Current employment
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	National bd RIA	Sep 5, 2014	Jun 23, 2020	no	ORLANDO, FL	Previous registration
LEDFORD FINANCIAL, INC.	n/a	Nov 17, 2003	Dec 31, 2005	no	ORLANDO, FL	Previous registration
COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK	National bd RIA	Dec 13, 2001	Sep 5, 2014	no	ORLANDO, FL\|ORLANDO, FL\|ORLANDO, FL	Previous registration

Moves

a move is two registration dates; a bulk corporate re-registration is typed BULK_TRANSFER and is not a move

From	To	Left	Joined	Gap, days	Kind	Move type
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	FORTRESS WEALTH GROUP	Jun 23, 2020	Jun 29, 2020	6	Firm change	Ibd to new firm
COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK	LEDFORD FINANCIAL, INC.	Sep 5, 2014	Nov 17, 2003	-3,945	Firm change after gap	Other
LEDFORD FINANCIAL, INC.	AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	Dec 31, 2005	Sep 5, 2014	3,170	Firm change after gap	Other

Team moves

moves this advisor made together with colleagues (two or more registrations ending and beginning together)

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
6363:308968:FL:2020-06-23	Jun 23, 2020	Jun 29, 2020	ORLANDO, FL	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ FORTRESS WEALTH GROUPRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jun 29, 2020 to presentfactForm ADV
→ AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 5, 2014 to Jun 23, 2020factForm ADV
→ COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORKRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 13, 2001 to Sep 5, 2014factForm ADV
→ LEDFORD FINANCIAL, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 17, 2003 to Dec 31, 2005factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:0ebb0611-eba0-e3ed-7ee7-ec7933c3497e
First observed: Dec 13, 2001
Last observed: Sep 14, 2026 6 days ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
1 registered feed stand behind this record; each fact above carries its own dates and, where the publisher serves one, its document.
Resolution: Identity across graphs by shared identifier (CRD, CIK, EIN, ADV fund id, individual CRD) or citation; a name match is shown as a candidate and never merged.

JOHN EDWARD LEDFORD

Advisor at FORTRESS WEALTH GROUP

WINTER PARK, FL

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 1:02 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

FORTRESS WEALTH GROUP

Independent wealth

Jun 29, 2020

n/a

yes

WINTER PARK, FL

Current employment

AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC

National bd RIA

Sep 5, 2014

Jun 23, 2020

ORLANDO, FL

Previous registration

LEDFORD FINANCIAL, INC.

n/a

Nov 17, 2003

Dec 31, 2005

ORLANDO, FL

Previous registration

COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK

National bd RIA

Dec 13, 2001

Sep 5, 2014

ORLANDO, FL|ORLANDO, FL|ORLANDO, FL

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC

FORTRESS WEALTH GROUP

Jun 23, 2020

Jun 29, 2020

Firm change

Ibd to new firm

COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK

LEDFORD FINANCIAL, INC.

Sep 5, 2014

Nov 17, 2003

-3,945

Firm change after gap

Other

LEDFORD FINANCIAL, INC.

AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC

Dec 31, 2005

Sep 5, 2014

3,170

Firm change after gap

Other

Team

Left

Joined

From

Kind

6363:308968:FL:2020-06-23

Jun 23, 2020

Jun 29, 2020

ORLANDO, FL

Firm change