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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner12 years in industry

WENWEN DONG

Advisor at EMPIRICAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT

SEATTLE, WA | San Mateo, CA

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Relationships: 6
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jul 6, 2016 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: EMPIRICAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
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: Feb 1, 2014earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 12derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 3derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 5
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 3
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Jun 9, 2016
First registration: Jul 6, 2016
Dual registered: no
Other names: Wenwen Dong
IAPD individual key: 6643585

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
EMPIRICAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Independent wealth	Sep 30, 2022	n/a	yes	San Mateo, CA\|SEATTLE, WA	Current employment
CONFIDENCE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, INC.	Independent wealth	Feb 25, 2022	Aug 31, 2022	no	LOS ANGELES, CA	Previous registration
ALASKA WEALTH ADVISORS	Independent wealth	Jan 21, 2021	Nov 18, 2021	no	ANCHORAGE, AK	Previous registration
VALIC FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Feb 24, 2020	Dec 17, 2020	no	ANCHORAGE, AK	Previous registration
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Mar 7, 2019	Dec 13, 2019	no	Anchorage, AK\|GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO	Previous registration
TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Jul 6, 2016	Sep 1, 2016	no	Tucson, AZ	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
CONFIDENCE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, INC.	EMPIRICAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Aug 31, 2022	Sep 30, 2022	30	Firm change	RIA to RIA
ALASKA WEALTH ADVISORS	CONFIDENCE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, INC.	Nov 18, 2021	Feb 25, 2022	99	Firm change	RIA to RIA
VALIC FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC.	ALASKA WEALTH ADVISORS	Dec 17, 2020	Jan 21, 2021	35	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC	VALIC FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC.	Dec 13, 2019	Feb 24, 2020	73	Firm change	Other
TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC	Sep 1, 2016	Mar 7, 2019	917	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (6)

→ EMPIRICAL WEALTH MANAGEMENTRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Sep 30, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
→ CONFIDENCE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 25, 2022 to Aug 31, 2022factForm ADV
→ ALASKA WEALTH ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 21, 2021 to Nov 18, 2021factForm ADV
→ VALIC FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 24, 2020 to Dec 17, 2020factForm ADV
→ EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 7, 2019 to Dec 13, 2019factForm ADV
→ TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 6, 2016 to Sep 1, 2016factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Aug 31, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Wenwen Dong left Confidence Wealth Management, Inc. for Empirical Wealth Management (registered 2022-09-30)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago