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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)24 years in industry

JOSEPH RAY SAMSON

Advisor at WELLS FARGO ADVISORS

ST. LOUIS, MO | EDWARDSVILLE, IL

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 2:21 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 3
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: May 17, 2010 to Sep 15, 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: WELLS FARGO ADVISORS
Current firm class: wirehousederived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Jun 5, 2002earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 24derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 15derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 1
Current registrations: 2
Registered states: 2
Exams: S63|S66
First exam: Jun 5, 2002
First registration: May 17, 2010
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: JOE RAY SAMSON
IAPD individual key: 3129623

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
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Wirehouse	Nov 10, 2022	n/a	yes	ST. LOUIS, MO\|EDWARDSVILLE, IL	Current employment
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Wirehouse	Jul 26, 2011	n/a	yes	ST. LOUIS, MO\|EDWARDSVILLE, IL	Current employment
EDWARD JONES	National bd RIA	May 17, 2010	Jul 21, 2011	no	ST LOUIS, MO\|ST LOUIS, MO\|BOONEVILLE, AR\|Cabot, AR\|ALMA, AR\|GREENWOOD, AR\|LITTLE ROCK, AR\|FORT SMITH, AR\|North Little Rock, AR\|LITTLE ROCK, AR\|OZARK, AR\|CLARKSVILLE, AR\|VAN BUREN, AR\|HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE, AR\|NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR\|Russellville, AR\|JACKSONVILLE, AR\|LITTLE ROCK, AR\|LITTLE ROCK, AR\|NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR\|MORRILTON, AR\|FORT SMITH, AR\|FT SMITH, AR\|STUTTGART, AR\|LITTLE ROCK, AR\|Little Rock, AR\|CABOT, AR\|Van Buren, AR\|ALMA, AR\|LITTLE ROCK, AR\|NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR\|FORT SMITH, AR\|RUSSELLVILLE, AR\|Little Rock, AR\|SHERWOOD, AR\|Hot Springs Village, AR\|RUSSELLVILLE, AR\|Little Rock, AR\|FORT SMITH, AR\|FT SMITH, AR\|STUTTGART, AR\|CHARLESTON, AR\|FT SMITH, AR\|Little Rock, AR\|LITTLE ROCK, AR\|LITTLE ROCK, AR\|LITTLE ROCK, AR\|Paris, AR\|FT SMITH, AR	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
EDWARD JONES	WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Jul 21, 2011	Jul 26, 2011	5	Firm change	Ibd to wirehouse

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Nov 10, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jul 26, 2011 to presentfactForm ADV
→ EDWARD JONESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 17, 2010 to Jul 21, 2011factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:7a38f7d1-e3c3-a0d6-56ef-4f4e390d140e
First observed: May 17, 2010
Last observed: Sep 15, 2026 4 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.

JOSEPH RAY SAMSON

Advisor at WELLS FARGO ADVISORS

ST. LOUIS, MO | EDWARDSVILLE, IL

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 2:21 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

WELLS FARGO ADVISORS

Wirehouse

Nov 10, 2022

n/a

yes

ST. LOUIS, MO|EDWARDSVILLE, IL

Current employment

WELLS FARGO ADVISORS

Wirehouse

Jul 26, 2011

n/a

yes

ST. LOUIS, MO|EDWARDSVILLE, IL

Current employment

EDWARD JONES

National bd RIA

May 17, 2010

Jul 21, 2011

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

EDWARD JONES

WELLS FARGO ADVISORS

Jul 21, 2011

Jul 26, 2011

Firm change

Ibd to wirehouse