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DAVID BRUCE WATTS

Advisor at WATTS GWILLIAM & COMPANY, LLC

GILBERT, AZ

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 5:03 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 2
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 1
Observed: Nov 19, 1998 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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

Private Equityidentity

David Bruce Watts

same person, same CRD on Schedule A · confidence 95% · family precision 100%

Facts

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Current firm: WATTS GWILLIAM & COMPANY, LLC
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: Oct 5, 1998earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 27derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 22derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 1
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S66
First exam: Oct 5, 1998
First registration: Nov 19, 1998
Dual registered: no
Other names: DAVID B WATTS
IAPD individual key: 3095023

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
WATTS GWILLIAM & COMPANY, LLC	Independent wealth	Jun 17, 2004	n/a	yes	GILBERT, AZ	Current employment
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Nov 19, 1998	Jun 2, 2004	no	PHOENIX, 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
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	WATTS GWILLIAM & COMPANY, LLC	Jun 2, 2004	Jun 17, 2004	15	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (2)

→ WATTS GWILLIAM & COMPANY, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jun 17, 2004 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 19, 1998 to Jun 2, 2004factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:57ec221c-ccc1-a9e1-50b9-9d82cd88a5bd
First observed: Nov 19, 1998
Last observed: Sep 14, 2026 6 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.

DAVID BRUCE WATTS

Advisor at WATTS GWILLIAM & COMPANY, LLC

GILBERT, AZ

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 5:03 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

WATTS GWILLIAM & COMPANY, LLC

Independent wealth

Jun 17, 2004

n/a

yes

GILBERT, AZ

Current employment

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Wirehouse

Nov 19, 1998

Jun 2, 2004

PHOENIX, AZ

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

WATTS GWILLIAM & COMPANY, LLC

Jun 2, 2004

Jun 17, 2004

Firm change

Other