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RIA / WealthRegistered adviserindependent wealth managerSEC registeredRAUM 100m 1b

GREAT LAKES WEALTH, LLC

CRD 282362

NORTHVILLE, MI

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Data as of Mar 30, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 8:16 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 11
Dated events: 6
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jun 10, 2016 to Mar 30, 2026
28 observations

Across DFX

This entity has not been resolved onto another DFX graph by a shared identifier. A name match elsewhere would be a candidate, never an identity, and none is recorded.

Facts

fact = as filed or announced; derived = computed by DFX; estimate = a band, never a point

Firm class: independent wealth managerderivedprivate_client_share=0.97 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.03 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=1.0
Regulatory AUM: $166MItem 5.F on the latest filing (2026-03-30); as reported, and an affiliate's assets may be counted again on its own filing
Discretionary RAUM: $162M
Private client RAUM: $162MderivedItem 5.D individuals plus high net worth individuals
Private client share: 97%derivedprivate client RAUM over total RAUM
Advisors on IAPD: 1
RAUM per advisor: $166Mderivedthe firm's RAUM over its IAPD headcount: a firm average, never a person's book
Employees: 9
Advisory employees: 3
Offices: 0Schedule D 1.F, beyond the principal office
Accounts: 975
Individual clients: 209
High net worth clients: 39
Custody, client assets: $519,523
SEC number: 801-121370
CRD: 282362
Filings on the tape: 28
First filed: Jun 10, 2016
Latest filed: Mar 30, 2026
Organised: Limited Liability Company, MI

Advisors on IAPD

current investment adviser representatives on the IAPD individual feed, longest tenure first

Advisor	Designations	Branch	Years here	In industry	Prior firms	Dual registered
DEWEY DEANE STEFFEN	n/a	NORTHVILLE, MI	10	30	1	yes

Owners and control persons

Schedule A and B as filed; ownership codes are the form's bands (NA under 5%, A 5 to 10%, B 10 to 25%, C 25 to 50%, D 50 to 75%, E over 75%); people are listed as filed and never merged by name

Owner	Title	Ownership code	Control person	Acquired	First seen	Last seen
AMERICAN WEALTH, LLC	Member	E	yes	07/2016	Jun 10, 2016	Jun 21, 2024
STEFFEN, DEWEY, DEANE	MANAGING MEMBER	E	yes	06/2016	Jun 10, 2016	Jun 21, 2024
STEFFEN, DEWEY, DEANE	CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER	Na	yes	10/2022	Jun 10, 2016	Jun 21, 2024

Affiliates (Item 7.A)

as filed on Item 7.A; a related person with a CRD on the graph links to its own page

Related person	Type	Class on the graph	Its RAUM	Control	Common control	State
GREAT LAKES WEALTH, LLC	n/a	n/a	n/a	N	yes	n/a

Regulatory AUM by fiscal year

annual amendments (and the roster's annual snapshot) as filed; where a year was amended twice the later filing draws the line

Fiscal year	Filed	RAUM	Discretionary	Employees	Advisory staff	Offices	Private funds	Fund GAV
2025	Mar 30, 2026	$166M	$162M	9	3	0	n/a	n/a
2024	Mar 27, 2025	$143M	$136M	6	3	0	n/a	n/a
2023	Mar 28, 2024	$117M	$117M	7	2	0	n/a	n/a
2022	Mar 27, 2023	$113M	$113M	8	4	0	n/a	n/a
2021	Mar 28, 2022	$121M	$121M	7	6	0	n/a	n/a
2016	Feb 2, 2017	$45.1M	$45.1M	5	3	n/a	n/a	n/a

Advisor flows

derived: registrations beginning and ending at this CRD on IAPD, bulk corporate re-registrations excluded; the rate is departures over IAPD headcount

Joined, 12m	Left, 12m	Net, 12m	Departure rate, 12m	Joined, 90d	Left, 90d	Left, no destination yet	Joined, 36m	Left, 36m
0	1	-1	100.0%	0	0	0	0	2

Growth

derived from consecutive annual filings; RAUM as reported

Latest fiscal year	RAUM	A year earlier	1y change	Three years earlier	3y CAGR	Employees	A year earlier	Offices	A year earlier
2025	$166M	$143M	16.2%	$113M	13.9%	9	6	0	0

Relationships

Registered with (8)

← DEWEY DEANE STEFFENAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jul 5, 2016 to presentfactForm ADV
← Thomas Allen GrifforeAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Oct 1, 2021 to Jan 23, 2026factForm ADV
← BRUCE BLASE PALENAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jul 21, 2018 to Jan 2, 2024factForm ADV
← Gongju BaekAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Feb 23, 2022 to Jun 8, 2023factForm ADV
← Joseph Charles WilkinsonAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Oct 5, 2020 to Sep 15, 2021factForm ADV
← Bartholomew Timothy-Dylan MacklerAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Mar 20, 2018 to Feb 28, 2019factForm ADV
← THOMAS DELBERT WHITEDAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Sep 18, 2018 to Jan 11, 2019factForm ADV
← LOYD BENJAMIN WELLMANAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Mar 17, 2017 to Mar 29, 2018factForm ADV

Controls (2)

← STEFFEN, DEWEY, DEANEOwnerMANAGING MEMBER, ownership code E, individual
Jun 10, 2016 to Jun 21, 2024factForm ADV
← AMERICAN WEALTH, LLCOwnerMEMBER, ownership code E, domestic entity
Jun 10, 2016 to Jun 21, 2024factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Jan 23, 2026
Advisor changed firm
Thomas Allen Griffore left Great Lakes Wealth, Llc for Sovereign Financial Group, Inc. (registered 2026-01-26)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Jan 2, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Bruce Blase Palen left Great Lakes Wealth, Llc for Sovereign Financial Group, Inc. (registered 2024-01-02)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Jun 8, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Gongju Baek left Great Lakes Wealth, Llc for J.P. Morgan Securities Llc (registered 2023-07-25)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Oct 25, 2022
Control person left
Emma Carmela Eastin (Chief Compliance Officer & Director Of Operations) no longer on Schedule A of Great Lakes Wealth, Llc (listed 2022-08-26, absent 2022-10-25)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Apr 30, 2021
Control person left
Peter Michael Hartman (Managing Member) no longer on Schedule A of Great Lakes Wealth, Llc (listed 2017-11-03, absent 2021-04-30)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Jun 10, 2016
First Form ADV filing
Great Lakes Wealth, Llc filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:5ae4d307-511f-7fc1-86b8-e7a46c46fee3
First observed: Jun 10, 2016
Last observed: Mar 30, 2026 5 months ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
3 registered feeds 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.

GREAT LAKES WEALTH, LLC

CRD 282362

NORTHVILLE, MI

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Data as of Mar 30, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 8:16 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Advisor

Designations

Branch

Years here

In industry

Prior firms

Dual registered

DEWEY DEANE STEFFEN

n/a

NORTHVILLE, MI

yes

Owner

Title

Ownership code

Control person

Acquired

First seen

Last seen

AMERICAN WEALTH, LLC

Member

yes

07/2016

Jun 10, 2016

Jun 21, 2024

STEFFEN, DEWEY, DEANE

MANAGING MEMBER

yes

06/2016

Jun 10, 2016

Jun 21, 2024

STEFFEN, DEWEY, DEANE

CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER

yes

10/2022

Jun 10, 2016

Jun 21, 2024

Related person

Type

Class on the graph

Its RAUM

Control

Common control

State

GREAT LAKES WEALTH, LLC

n/a

yes

n/a

Fiscal year

Filed

RAUM

Discretionary

Employees

Advisory staff

Offices

Private funds

Fund GAV

2025

Mar 30, 2026

$166M

$162M

n/a

2024

Mar 27, 2025

$143M

$136M

n/a

2023

Mar 28, 2024

$117M

n/a

2022

Mar 27, 2023

$113M

n/a

2021

Mar 28, 2022

$121M

n/a

2016

Feb 2, 2017

$45.1M

n/a

Joined, 12m

Left, 12m

Net, 12m

Departure rate, 12m

Joined, 90d

Left, 90d

Left, no destination yet

Joined, 36m

Left, 36m

-1

100.0%

Latest fiscal year

RAUM

A year earlier

1y change

Three years earlier

3y CAGR

Employees

A year earlier

Offices

A year earlier

2025

$166M

$143M

16.2%

$113M

13.9%