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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner|Personal Financial Specialist26 years in industry

GERALD PAUL KNOTEK

Advisor at SEQUOIA FINANCIAL GROUP, L.L.C.

AKRON, OH

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 6:15 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 2
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 1
Observed: Sep 11, 2000 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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

Private Equityidentity

Gerald Paul Knotek

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: SEQUOIA FINANCIAL GROUP, L.L.C.
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: Jun 1, 2000earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 26derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 25derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 1
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 4
Designations: Certified Financial Planner|Personal Financial Specialist
Exams: S63
First exam: Nov 28, 2000
First registration: Sep 11, 2000
Dual registered: no
Other names: GERRY KNOTEK
IAPD individual key: 2676297

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
SEQUOIA FINANCIAL GROUP, L.L.C.	Independent wealth	Oct 24, 2000	n/a	yes	AKRON, OH	Current employment
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Sep 11, 2000	Dec 19, 2005	no	AKRON, OH	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
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	SEQUOIA FINANCIAL GROUP, L.L.C.	Dec 19, 2005	Oct 24, 2000	-1,882	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (2)

→ SEQUOIA FINANCIAL GROUP, L.L.C.Registered adviserregistration: current employment
Oct 24, 2000 to presentfactForm ADV
→ LPL FINANCIAL LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 11, 2000 to Dec 19, 2005factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:102d17bd-7f01-e09a-ac0b-91f12168fe23
First observed: Sep 11, 2000
Last observed: Sep 14, 2026 5 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.

GERALD PAUL KNOTEK

Advisor at SEQUOIA FINANCIAL GROUP, L.L.C.

AKRON, OH

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Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

SEQUOIA FINANCIAL GROUP, L.L.C.

Independent wealth

Oct 24, 2000

n/a

yes

AKRON, OH

Current employment

LPL FINANCIAL LLC

Bd affiliated wealth

Sep 11, 2000

Dec 19, 2005

AKRON, OH

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

LPL FINANCIAL LLC

SEQUOIA FINANCIAL GROUP, L.L.C.

Dec 19, 2005

Oct 24, 2000

-1,882

Firm change after gap

Other