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RIA / WealthAdvisor35 years in industry

Augustine Hong

Advisor at HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC

Lakewood Ranch, FL | CHICAGO, IL

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 3:05 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 1
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 1
Observed: Dec 17, 1990 to Sep 15, 2026

Across DFX

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

Private Equityidentity

Augustine Sung Chun Hong

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

Facts

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Current firm: HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC
Current firm class: broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Dec 17, 1990earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 35derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 0derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Dec 17, 1990
Dual registered: no
Other names: GUS HONG|AUGUSTINE SUNGCHUN HONG|SUNG CHUN HONG|AUGUSTINE ELIE HONG|AUGUSTINE SUNG CHUN HONG
IAPD individual key: 1990434

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
HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Jan 26, 2026	n/a	yes	Lakewood Ranch, FL\|CHICAGO, IL	Current employment

Relationships

Registered with (1)

→ HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jan 26, 2026 to presentfactForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:91a6140a-753b-6962-a24a-86e6a3cfc367
First observed: Dec 17, 1990
Last observed: Sep 15, 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.

Augustine Hong

Advisor at HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC

Lakewood Ranch, FL | CHICAGO, IL

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 3:05 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC

Bd affiliated wealth

Jan 26, 2026

n/a

yes

Lakewood Ranch, FL|CHICAGO, IL

Current employment