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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)22 years in industry

JOHN HOUSTON SOWELL

Advisor at WELLS FARGO ADVISORS

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX | HOUSTON, TX

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Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Apr 8, 2009 to Sep 16, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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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: Oct 27, 2003earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 22derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 12derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S63|S66
First exam: Oct 27, 2003
First registration: Apr 8, 2009
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: JOHN H SOWELL
IAPD individual key: 4720038

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	Mar 14, 2014	n/a	yes	CORPUS CHRISTI, TX\|HOUSTON, TX	Current employment
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Sep 28, 2011	Mar 15, 2014	no	MIDLAND, TX	Previous registration
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Wirehouse	Jan 3, 2011	Oct 5, 2011	no	MIDLAND, TX	Previous registration
WELLS FARGO INVESTMENTS, LLC	n/a	Apr 8, 2009	Jan 3, 2011	no	MIDLAND, TX	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
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Mar 15, 2014	Mar 14, 2014	-1	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Oct 5, 2011	Sep 28, 2011	-7	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse
WELLS FARGO INVESTMENTS, LLC	WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Jan 3, 2011	Jan 3, 2011	0	Bulk transfer	Other

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 3, 2011 to Oct 5, 2011factForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 28, 2011 to Mar 15, 2014factForm ADV
→ WELLS FARGO INVESTMENTS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 8, 2009 to Jan 3, 2011factForm ADV

Dated events

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