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CHARLES MARKS

Advisor at MARKS WEALTH MANAGEMENT

ELLICOTT CITY, MD

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 8:21 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 3
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Nov 23, 2011 to Sep 14, 2026

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

Current firm: MARKS 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: Nov 19, 2011earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 14derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 6derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 2
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S66
First exam: Nov 19, 2011
First registration: Nov 23, 2011
Dual registered: no
Other names: CHARLES MARKS|CHARLES NEAL MARKS
IAPD individual key: 5784332

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
MARKS WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Independent wealth	Sep 18, 2020	n/a	yes	ELLICOTT CITY, MD	Current employment
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Wirehouse	Oct 21, 2015	Sep 23, 2020	no	BALTIMORE, MD	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Nov 23, 2011	Oct 20, 2015	no	BALTIMORE, MD	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
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	MARKS WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Sep 23, 2020	Sep 18, 2020	-5	Firm change	Wirehouse to new firm
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Oct 20, 2015	Oct 21, 2015	1	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse

Team moves

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

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
19616:310534:MD:2020-09-23	Sep 23, 2020	Sep 18, 2020	BALTIMORE, MD	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ MARKS WEALTH MANAGEMENTRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Sep 18, 2020 to presentfactForm ADV
→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 21, 2015 to Sep 23, 2020factForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 23, 2011 to Oct 20, 2015factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:6f2c5d4d-5989-9ba0-1ba8-b3d9a436fa55
First observed: Nov 23, 2011
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.

CHARLES MARKS

Advisor at MARKS WEALTH MANAGEMENT

ELLICOTT CITY, MD

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 8:21 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

MARKS WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Independent wealth

Sep 18, 2020

n/a

yes

ELLICOTT CITY, MD

Current employment

WELLS FARGO ADVISORS

Wirehouse

Oct 21, 2015

Sep 23, 2020

BALTIMORE, MD

Previous registration

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Wirehouse

Nov 23, 2011

Oct 20, 2015

BALTIMORE, MD

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

WELLS FARGO ADVISORS

MARKS WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Sep 23, 2020

Sep 18, 2020

-5

Firm change

Wirehouse to new firm

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

WELLS FARGO ADVISORS

Oct 20, 2015

Oct 21, 2015

Firm change

Wirehouse to wirehouse

Team

Left

Joined

From

Kind

19616:310534:MD:2020-09-23

Sep 23, 2020

Sep 18, 2020

BALTIMORE, MD

Firm change