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RIA / WealthRegistered adviserindependent wealth managerSEC registeredRAUM 100m 1b

FORTRESS PRIVATE LEDGER, LLC

CRD 290298

RALEIGH, NC

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Data as of Mar 31, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 18, 2026, 11:20 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 32
Dated events: 9
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jan 14, 2020 to Mar 31, 2026
29 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=0.81 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.17 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=16.0
Regulatory AUM: $584MItem 5.F on the latest filing (2026-03-31); as reported, and an affiliate's assets may be counted again on its own filing
Discretionary RAUM: $571M
Private client RAUM: $473MderivedItem 5.D individuals plus high net worth individuals
Private client share: 81%derivedprivate client RAUM over total RAUM
Advisors on IAPD: 19
RAUM per advisor: $30.7Mderivedthe firm's RAUM over its IAPD headcount: a firm average, never a person's book
Employees: 22
Advisory employees: 13
Offices: 6Schedule D 1.F, beyond the principal office
Accounts: 1,528
Individual clients: 583
High net worth clients: 98
SEC number: 801-118075
CRD: 290298
Filings on the tape: 29
First filed: Jan 14, 2020
Latest filed: Mar 31, 2026
Organised: Limited Liability Company, NC
Website: myept.com

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
JOSEPH NICHOLAS GRABAR	Certified Financial Planner	RALEIGH, NC \| Raleigh, NC	8	30	2	yes
CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH GURE	n/a	RALEIGH, NC \| Raleigh, NC	8	12	1	yes
WILLIAM JOHN ZIMMER	n/a	Pisgah Forrest, NC \| RALEIGH, NC	7	15	1	no
MICHAEL RICHARD HEMMERICH	n/a	Durham, NC \| RALEIGH, NC	7	13	1	no
Kent Gravely	Certified Financial Planner	Mount Airy, NC \| RALEIGH, NC	7	20	2	no
Kyle J Roth	n/a	RALEIGH, NC	7	29	n/a	no
Jill I Homan	n/a	RALEIGH, NC	5	15	n/a	no
DAVID HAROLD GRUBBS	Certified Financial Planner\|Chartered Financial Consultant	Raleigh, NC \| RALEIGH, NC	4	29	5	yes
DOUGLAS THEODORE CARPENTER	Chartered Financial Analyst	RALEIGH, NC	4	42	n/a	no
Earl Scott Butcher	n/a	Raleigh, NC \| Richlands, VA \| RALEIGH, NC	3	20	n/a	yes
Adam Lawrence Smith	n/a	RALEIGH, NC \| Raleigh, NC \| Hickory, NC	2	13	1	yes
KEVIN GRANT BROWN	Certified Financial Planner	Raleigh, NC \| Clayton, NC \| RALEIGH, NC	2	10	2	yes
DAVID JEFFREY HERMAN	n/a	Greenville, SC \| Raleigh, NC \| RALEIGH, NC	2	38	1	yes
William Dean Cotton	n/a	RALEIGH, NC \| Raleigh, NC \| Alexandria, VA	1	26	1	yes
MICHAEL JOSEPH NOPPINGER	n/a	Baltimore, MD \| Raleigh, NC \| RALEIGH, NC	1	16	n/a	yes
JAY DAVID MCKINNEY	n/a	Raleigh, NC \| Mooresville, NC \| RALEIGH, NC	0	16	n/a	yes
BRANDON ALAN WALLS	n/a	CLEMMONS, NC \| Raleigh, NC \| RALEIGH, NC	0	11	2	yes
Kristopher Alexander Roper	Certified Financial Planner	Monroe, NC \| RALEIGH, NC	0	11	3	no
David Lewis Monk	n/a	RALEIGH, NC \| Charlotte, NC	0	13	1	no

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
GRABAR, JOSEPH NICHOLAS III	CEO/CCO/TRUSTEE	Na	yes	11/2017	Jan 14, 2020	Nov 11, 2024
THE JOSEPH N. GRABAR, III REVOCABLE TRUST DATED MAY 14, 2004	Owner	D	yes	11/2017	Sep 14, 2021	Nov 11, 2024
CARTER, ANA R	FINOP/CFO/PFO/POO	Na	no	04/2018	Jan 14, 2020	Nov 11, 2024
GURE, CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH	Owner	C	no	01/2023	Feb 7, 2023	Nov 11, 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
EARL SCOTT BUTCHER	n/a	n/a	n/a	N	yes	n/a
GURE CAPITAL, LLC	n/a	n/a	n/a	N	yes	n/a
JG3, LLC	n/a	n/a	n/a	N	yes	n/a
JILL HOMAN	n/a	n/a	n/a	N	no	n/a

Offices

Schedule D 1.F offices beyond the principal office; street addresses are not published

City	State	Country	Employees	Also broker-dealer
Durham	Nc	United States	1	no
Huntersville	Nc	United States	1	no
MOUNT AIRY	Nc	United States	1	no
Richlands	Va	United States	1	no

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; showing 6 of 7

Fiscal year	Filed	RAUM	Discretionary	Employees	Advisory staff	Offices	Private funds	Fund GAV
2025	Mar 31, 2026	$584M	$571M	22	13	6	n/a	n/a
2024	Mar 31, 2025	$346M	$299M	26	15	5	n/a	n/a
2023	Apr 1, 2024	$201M	$198M	23	15	4	n/a	n/a
2022	Mar 16, 2023	$142M	$142M	21	13	3	n/a	n/a
2021	Mar 31, 2022	$135M	$121M	15	10	2	n/a	n/a
2020	Mar 30, 2021	$99.4M	$84.2M	17	11	2	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
3	0	3	0.0%	0	0	0	8	5

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	$584M	$346M	68.7%	$142M	60.3%	22	26	6	5

Teams in

teams that arrived here from one firm together

Other firm	Advisors	First left	Last joined	From	Kind	Move type	Share of firm
SPARTA WEALTH PARTNERS	2	Jun 16, 2026	Jun 19, 2026	CHARLOTTE, NC	Team lift out	RIA to RIA	28.6%
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	2	Aug 24, 2018	Aug 16, 2018	RALEIGH, NC	Team lift out	RIA to RIA	0.0%

Relationships

Registered with (26)

← David Lewis MonkAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jun 19, 2026 to presentfactForm ADV
← Kristopher Alexander RoperAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jun 18, 2026 to presentfactForm ADV
← BRANDON ALAN WALLSAdvisorregistration: current employment
Feb 2, 2026 to presentfactForm ADV
← JAY DAVID MCKINNEYAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jan 30, 2026 to presentfactForm ADV
← MICHAEL JOSEPH NOPPINGERAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jun 19, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
← William Dean CottonAdvisorregistration: current employment
Nov 13, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
← DAVID JEFFREY HERMANAdvisorregistration: current employment
Sep 5, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
← KEVIN GRANT BROWNAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jul 9, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
← Adam Lawrence SmithAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jun 17, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
← Earl Scott ButcherAdvisorregistration: current employment
Sep 13, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
← DOUGLAS THEODORE CARPENTERAdvisorregistration: current employment
Mar 31, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
← DAVID HAROLD GRUBBSAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jan 26, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
← Jill I HomanAdvisorregistration: current employment
Mar 1, 2021 to presentfactForm ADV
← Kyle J RothAdvisorregistration: current employment
Sep 11, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
← Kent GravelyAdvisorregistration: current employment
Aug 26, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
← MICHAEL RICHARD HEMMERICHAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jul 11, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
← WILLIAM JOHN ZIMMERAdvisorregistration: current employment
Nov 20, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
← JOSEPH NICHOLAS GRABARAdvisorregistration: current employment
Aug 16, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
← CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH GUREAdvisorregistration: current employment
Aug 16, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
← Sean Samuel PlanchardAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Mar 31, 2025 to May 23, 2025factForm ADV
← Brent James GodwinAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Mar 27, 2025 to May 16, 2025factForm ADV
← Michael Brooke DavisAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 10, 2020 to Apr 17, 2025factForm ADV
← Amanda Rosplock CampbellAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 11, 2023 to Nov 1, 2024factForm ADV
← Jacob Aaron HalseyAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Nov 17, 2023 to Aug 16, 2024factForm ADV
← JONATHAN POPEAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Oct 26, 2018 to Oct 25, 2021factForm ADV
← JAMES COBBAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Dec 21, 2020 to Sep 2, 2021factForm ADV

Moved with (2)

← SPARTA WEALTH PARTNERSRegistered adviser2 advisors, team lift out, same day
Jun 16, 2026 to Jun 19, 2026factForm ADV
← LPL FINANCIAL LLCRegistered adviser2 advisors, team lift out
Aug 24, 2018 to Aug 16, 2018factForm ADV

Controls (2)

← GRABAR, JOSEPH NICHOLAS IIIOwnerCEO/CCO/TRUSTEE, ownership code NA, individual
Jan 14, 2020 to Nov 11, 2024factForm ADV
← THE JOSEPH N. GRABAR, III REVOCABLE TRUST DATED MAY 14, 2004OwnerOWNER, ownership code D, domestic entity
Sep 14, 2021 to Nov 11, 2024factForm ADV

Owns (2)

← CARTER, ANA ROwnerFINOP/CFO/PFO/POO, ownership code NA, individual
Jan 14, 2020 to Nov 11, 2024factForm ADV
← GURE, CHRISTOPHER JOSEPHOwnerOWNER, ownership code C, individual
Feb 7, 2023 to Nov 11, 2024factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Jun 16, 2026
Team lift-out
2 advisors left Sparta Wealth Partners (Charlotte, NC) for Fortress Private Ledger, LLC on the same day
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
2 advisors
Occurred
Mar 31, 2026
Regulatory AUM changed
Fortress Private Ledger, Llc reported RAUM $584.0M, up 69% from $346.1M (2025-03-31 to 2026-03-31)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
$238M
Occurred
May 23, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Sean Samuel Planchard left Fortress Private Ledger, Llc for Torrey Growth & Income Advisors, Llc (registered 2025-05-23)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
Occurred
May 16, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Brent James Godwin left Fortress Private Ledger, Llc for Redhawk Wealth Advisors, Inc. (registered 2025-07-22)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
Occurred
Apr 17, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Michael Brooke Davis left Fortress Private Ledger, Llc for Kcd Financial, Inc. (registered 2025-04-21)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
Occurred
Mar 31, 2025
Regulatory AUM changed
Fortress Private Ledger, Llc reported RAUM $346.1M, up 72% from $200.7M (2025-01-02 to 2025-03-31)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
$145M
Occurred
Nov 1, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Amanda Rosplock Campbell left Fortress Private Ledger, Llc for Northwestern Mutual Investment Services,Llc (registered 2025-01-08)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
Occurred
Aug 16, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Jacob Aaron Halsey left Fortress Private Ledger, Llc for D.A. Davidson & Co. (registered 2024-08-26)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
Occurred
Jan 14, 2020
First Form ADV filing
Fortress Private Ledger, Llc filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:692fb9d8-8b5b-b941-a07f-cd8220f2e6ed
First observed: Jan 14, 2020
Last observed: Mar 31, 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.

FORTRESS PRIVATE LEDGER, LLC

CRD 290298

RALEIGH, NC

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Data as of Mar 31, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 18, 2026, 11:20 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Advisor

Designations

Branch

Years here

In industry

Prior firms

Dual registered

JOSEPH NICHOLAS GRABAR

Certified Financial Planner

RALEIGH, NC | Raleigh, NC

yes

CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH GURE

n/a

RALEIGH, NC | Raleigh, NC

yes

WILLIAM JOHN ZIMMER

n/a

Pisgah Forrest, NC | RALEIGH, NC

MICHAEL RICHARD HEMMERICH

n/a

Durham, NC | RALEIGH, NC

Kent Gravely

Certified Financial Planner

Mount Airy, NC | RALEIGH, NC

Kyle J Roth

n/a

RALEIGH, NC

n/a

Jill I Homan

n/a

RALEIGH, NC

n/a

DAVID HAROLD GRUBBS

Certified Financial Planner|Chartered Financial Consultant

Raleigh, NC | RALEIGH, NC

yes

DOUGLAS THEODORE CARPENTER

Chartered Financial Analyst

RALEIGH, NC

n/a

Earl Scott Butcher

n/a

Raleigh, NC | Richlands, VA | RALEIGH, NC

n/a

yes

Adam Lawrence Smith

n/a

RALEIGH, NC | Raleigh, NC | Hickory, NC

yes

KEVIN GRANT BROWN

Certified Financial Planner

Raleigh, NC | Clayton, NC | RALEIGH, NC

yes

DAVID JEFFREY HERMAN

n/a

Greenville, SC | Raleigh, NC | RALEIGH, NC

yes

William Dean Cotton

n/a

RALEIGH, NC | Raleigh, NC | Alexandria, VA

yes

MICHAEL JOSEPH NOPPINGER

n/a

Baltimore, MD | Raleigh, NC | RALEIGH, NC

n/a

yes

JAY DAVID MCKINNEY

n/a

Raleigh, NC | Mooresville, NC | RALEIGH, NC

n/a

yes

BRANDON ALAN WALLS

n/a

CLEMMONS, NC | Raleigh, NC | RALEIGH, NC

yes

Kristopher Alexander Roper

Certified Financial Planner

Monroe, NC | RALEIGH, NC

David Lewis Monk

n/a

RALEIGH, NC | Charlotte, NC

Owner

Title

Ownership code

Control person

Acquired

First seen

Last seen

GRABAR, JOSEPH NICHOLAS III

CEO/CCO/TRUSTEE

yes

11/2017

Jan 14, 2020

Nov 11, 2024

THE JOSEPH N. GRABAR, III REVOCABLE TRUST DATED MAY 14, 2004

Owner

yes

11/2017

Sep 14, 2021

Nov 11, 2024

CARTER, ANA R

FINOP/CFO/PFO/POO

04/2018

Jan 14, 2020

Nov 11, 2024

GURE, CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH

Owner

01/2023

Feb 7, 2023

Nov 11, 2024

Related person

Type

Class on the graph

Its RAUM

Control

Common control

State

EARL SCOTT BUTCHER

n/a

yes

n/a

GURE CAPITAL, LLC

n/a

yes

n/a

JG3, LLC

n/a

yes

n/a

JILL HOMAN

n/a

City

State

Country

Employees

Also broker-dealer

Durham

United States

Huntersville

United States

MOUNT AIRY

United States

Richlands

United States

Fiscal year

Filed

RAUM

Discretionary

Employees

Advisory staff

Offices

Private funds

Fund GAV

2025

Mar 31, 2026

$584M

$571M

n/a

2024

Mar 31, 2025

$346M

$299M

n/a

2023

Apr 1, 2024

$201M

$198M

n/a

2022

Mar 16, 2023

$142M

n/a

2021

Mar 31, 2022

$135M

$121M

n/a

2020

Mar 30, 2021

$99.4M

$84.2M

n/a

Joined, 12m

Left, 12m

Net, 12m

Departure rate, 12m

Joined, 90d

Left, 90d

Left, no destination yet

Joined, 36m

Left, 36m

0.0%

Latest fiscal year

RAUM

A year earlier

1y change

Three years earlier

3y CAGR

Employees

A year earlier

Offices

A year earlier

2025

$584M

$346M

68.7%

$142M

60.3%

Other firm

Advisors

First left

Last joined

From

Kind

Move type

Share of firm

SPARTA WEALTH PARTNERS

Jun 16, 2026

Jun 19, 2026

CHARLOTTE, NC

Team lift out

RIA to RIA

28.6%

LPL FINANCIAL LLC

Aug 24, 2018

Aug 16, 2018

RALEIGH, NC

Team lift out

RIA to RIA

0.0%