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RIA / WealthAdvisor24 years in industry

MICHAEL ANDREW PURYEAR

Advisor at WESTWOOD WEALTH MANAGEMENT

LOS ANGELES, CA

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Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Aug 11, 2003 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: WESTWOOD 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, 2002earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 24derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 6derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S66
First exam: Feb 1, 2002
First registration: Aug 11, 2003
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 4474875

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
WESTWOOD WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Independent wealth	Apr 4, 2020	n/a	yes	LOS ANGELES, CA	Current employment
GSG CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Jul 25, 2014	Nov 22, 2017	no	CARLSBAD, CA	Previous registration
HOWARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT	Former SEC adviser	Jun 14, 2011	Oct 14, 2014	no	LOS ANGELES, CA	Previous registration
GKM ADVISERS, LLC	n/a	Aug 11, 2003	Aug 10, 2009	no	LOS ANGELES, CA	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
GSG CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC	WESTWOOD WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Nov 22, 2017	Apr 4, 2020	864	Firm change after gap	Other
HOWARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT	GSG CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC	Oct 14, 2014	Jul 25, 2014	-81	Firm change after gap	Other
GKM ADVISERS, LLC	HOWARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT	Aug 10, 2009	Jun 14, 2011	673	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ WESTWOOD WEALTH MANAGEMENTRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Apr 4, 2020 to presentfactForm ADV
→ GSG CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 25, 2014 to Nov 22, 2017factForm ADV
→ HOWARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENTRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 14, 2011 to Oct 14, 2014factForm ADV
→ GKM ADVISERS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 11, 2003 to Aug 10, 2009factForm ADV

Dated events

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