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RIA / WealthAdvisorChartered Financial Analyst21 years in industry

ADAM CHRISTIAN GUENTHER

Advisor at CORIENT

Bellevue, WA

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Relationships: 5
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Mar 10, 2005 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: CORIENT
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 12, 2005earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 21derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 0derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Chartered Financial Analyst
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Feb 12, 2005
First registration: Mar 10, 2005
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 4894540

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
Corient	Independent wealth	Oct 7, 2025	n/a	yes	Bellevue, WA	Current employment
BRISTLECONE ADVISORS LLC	Former SEC adviser	Mar 3, 2016	Oct 7, 2025	no	BELLEVUE, WA	Previous registration
PACIFIC WEST FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS INC	Former SEC adviser	Sep 11, 2006	May 5, 2009	no	SEATTLE, WA\|RENTON, WA	Previous registration
HORNOR, TOWNSEND & KENT, LLC	Independent wealth	Mar 14, 2006	Aug 24, 2006	no	BELLEVUE, WA	Previous registration
WADDELL & REED	Former SEC adviser	Mar 10, 2005	Mar 20, 2006	no	LYNNWOOD, WA\|LYNNWOOD, WA	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
BRISTLECONE ADVISORS LLC	Corient	Oct 7, 2025	Oct 7, 2025	0	Firm change	RIA to RIA
PACIFIC WEST FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS INC	BRISTLECONE ADVISORS LLC	May 5, 2009	Mar 3, 2016	2,494	Firm change after gap	Other
HORNOR, TOWNSEND & KENT, LLC	PACIFIC WEST FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS INC	Aug 24, 2006	Sep 11, 2006	18	Firm change	Other
WADDELL & REED	HORNOR, TOWNSEND & KENT, LLC	Mar 20, 2006	Mar 14, 2006	-6	Firm change	Other

Team moves

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

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
109227:319448:WA:2025-10-06	Oct 7, 2025	Oct 7, 2025	BELLEVUE, WA	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ CORIENTRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Oct 7, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ BRISTLECONE ADVISORS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 3, 2016 to Oct 7, 2025factForm ADV
→ PACIFIC WEST FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS INCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 11, 2006 to May 5, 2009factForm ADV
→ HORNOR, TOWNSEND & KENT, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 14, 2006 to Aug 24, 2006factForm ADV
→ WADDELL & REEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 10, 2005 to Mar 20, 2006factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Oct 7, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Adam Christian Guenther left Bristlecone Advisors Llc for Corient (registered 2025-10-07)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago