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RIA / WealthAdvisor24 years in industry

Ketan Desai

Advisor at GC WEALTH MANAGEMENT RIA, LLC

San Francisco, CA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 4:23 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 7
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Dec 11, 2001 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: GC WEALTH MANAGEMENT RIA, LLC
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: Dec 11, 2001earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 24derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 0derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 6
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S65|S66|S63
First exam: Mar 31, 2011
First registration: Dec 11, 2001
Dual registered: no
Other names: Ketan Desai|KETAN ANIL DESAI
IAPD individual key: 2640690

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
GC WEALTH MANAGEMENT RIA, LLC	Independent wealth	Mar 11, 2026	n/a	yes	San Francisco, CA	Current employment
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC	Wirehouse	May 3, 2024	May 22, 2025	no	San Francisco, CA\|SAN FRANCISCO, CA	Previous registration
J.P. MORGAN PRIVATE WEALTH ADVISORS LLC	Former SEC adviser	Dec 22, 2021	Mar 21, 2025	no	San Francisco, CA\|San Francisco, CA	Previous registration
STEWARD PARTNERS INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Sep 29, 2017	Dec 17, 2021	no	SAN FRANCISCO, CA	Previous registration
SVB WEALTH	Independent wealth	Mar 6, 2015	May 19, 2017	no	SAN FRANCISCO, CA\|BOSTON, MA	Previous registration
COMERICA SECURITIES	Former SEC adviser	Apr 4, 2011	Jul 3, 2012	no	SAN FRANCISCO, CA	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Dec 11, 2001	Apr 6, 2006	no	SAN FRANCISCO, CA\|SAN FRANCISCO, CA	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
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC	GC WEALTH MANAGEMENT RIA, LLC	May 22, 2025	Mar 11, 2026	293	Firm change	Wirehouse to RIA
J.P. MORGAN PRIVATE WEALTH ADVISORS LLC	J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC	Mar 21, 2025	May 3, 2024	-322	Bulk transfer	Ibd to wirehouse
STEWARD PARTNERS INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC	J.P. MORGAN PRIVATE WEALTH ADVISORS LLC	Dec 17, 2021	Dec 22, 2021	5	Firm change	RIA to ibd
SVB WEALTH	STEWARD PARTNERS INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC	May 19, 2017	Sep 29, 2017	133	Firm change	Other
COMERICA SECURITIES	SVB WEALTH	Jul 3, 2012	Mar 6, 2015	976	Firm change after gap	Other
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	COMERICA SECURITIES	Apr 6, 2006	Apr 4, 2011	1,824	Firm change after gap	Other

Team moves

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

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
79:327269:CA:2025-05-16	May 22, 2025	Mar 11, 2026	SAN FRANCISCO, CA	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (7)

→ GC WEALTH MANAGEMENT RIA, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Mar 11, 2026 to presentfactForm ADV
→ J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 3, 2024 to May 22, 2025factForm ADV
→ J.P. MORGAN PRIVATE WEALTH ADVISORS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 22, 2021 to Mar 21, 2025factForm ADV
→ STEWARD PARTNERS INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 29, 2017 to Dec 17, 2021factForm ADV
→ SVB WEALTHRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 6, 2015 to May 19, 2017factForm ADV
→ COMERICA SECURITIESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 4, 2011 to Jul 3, 2012factForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 11, 2001 to Apr 6, 2006factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
May 22, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Ketan Desai left J.P. Morgan Securities Llc for Gc Wealth Management Ria, Llc (registered 2026-03-11)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago