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RIA / WealthAdvisor19 years in industry

MICHAEL ADAM WILLARD

Advisor at ESI FINANCIAL ADVISORS

CHARLOTTE, NC

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 3:46 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 6
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jul 11, 2007 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: ESI FINANCIAL ADVISORS
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: Jul 11, 2007earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 19derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 5
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S66
First exam: Dec 13, 2017
First registration: Jul 11, 2007
Dual registered: no
Other names: Michael Adam Willard|MICHAEL WILLARD|MIKE WILLARD
IAPD individual key: 5169910

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
ESI FINANCIAL ADVISORS	Independent wealth	May 23, 2025	n/a	yes	CHARLOTTE, NC	Current employment
FOUNDATIONS INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLC	Independent wealth	Sep 18, 2020	May 22, 2025	no	CHARLOTTE, NC	Previous registration
BROOKSTONE ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC	Asset manager	Aug 3, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	no	CXharlotte, NC	Previous registration
ALLOY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT	State registered	Jul 16, 2020	May 20, 2025	no	GREENVILLE, SC	Previous registration
EDWARD JONES	National bd RIA	Dec 14, 2017	Jul 14, 2020	no	Indian Land, SC\|ST LOUIS, MO\|Waxhaw, NC\|INDIAN LAND, SC\|CHARLOTTE, NC	Previous registration
EQUITABLE ADVISORS, LLC	National bd RIA	Jul 11, 2007	Apr 21, 2008	no	LANCASTER, PA	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
FOUNDATIONS INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLC	ESI FINANCIAL ADVISORS	May 22, 2025	May 23, 2025	1	Firm change	RIA to RIA
ALLOY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT	BROOKSTONE ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC	May 20, 2025	Aug 3, 2020	-1,751	Firm change after gap	Other
BROOKSTONE ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC	FOUNDATIONS INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLC	Dec 31, 2021	Sep 18, 2020	-469	Firm change after gap	RIA to RIA
EDWARD JONES	ALLOY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT	Jul 14, 2020	Jul 16, 2020	2	Firm change	Ibd to state RIA
EQUITABLE ADVISORS, LLC	EDWARD JONES	Apr 21, 2008	Dec 14, 2017	3,524	Firm change after gap	Ibd to ibd

Relationships

Registered with (6)

→ ESI FINANCIAL ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
May 23, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ FOUNDATIONS INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 18, 2020 to May 22, 2025factForm ADV
→ ALLOY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENTRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 16, 2020 to May 20, 2025factForm ADV
→ BROOKSTONE ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 3, 2020 to Dec 31, 2021factForm ADV
→ EDWARD JONESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 14, 2017 to Jul 14, 2020factForm ADV
→ EQUITABLE ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 11, 2007 to Apr 21, 2008factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
May 22, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Michael Adam Willard left Foundations Investment Advisors Llc for Esi Financial Advisors (registered 2025-05-23)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
May 20, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Michael Adam Willard left Alloy Investment Management for Brookstone Asset Management, Llc (registered 2020-08-03)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago