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RIA / WealthRegistered adviserformer SEC adviserleft the SEC rosterRAUM 100m 1b

GRYPHON ADVISORS, LLC

CRD 132389

EVANSTON, IL

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Data as of Mar 27, 2025 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 5:12 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 9
Dated events: 6
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Mar 26, 2012 to Mar 27, 2025
15 observations

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

Firm class: former SEC adviserderivedabsent from the latest SEC roster
Regulatory AUM: $533MItem 5.F on the latest filing (2025-03-27); as reported, and an affiliate's assets may be counted again on its own filing
Discretionary RAUM: $458M
Private client RAUM: $531MderivedItem 5.D individuals plus high net worth individuals
Private client share: 99%derivedprivate client RAUM over total RAUM
Advisors on IAPD: 0
Employees: 8
Advisory employees: 3
Offices: 0Schedule D 1.F, beyond the principal office
Accounts: 1,662
Individual clients: 69
High net worth clients: 102
Custody, client assets: $118M
SEC number: 801-65911
CRD: 132389
Filings on the tape: 15
First filed: Mar 26, 2012
Latest filed: Mar 27, 2025
Organised: Limited Liability Company, IL
Website: gryphonadvisors.net

Owners and control persons

Schedule A and B as filed; ownership codes are the form's bands (NA under 5%, A 5 to 10%, B 10 to 25%, C 25 to 50%, D 50 to 75%, E over 75%); people are listed as filed and never merged by name

Owner	Title	Ownership code	Control person	Acquired	First seen	Last seen
CLOSE, DAVID, DOUGLAS	PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR/CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER	E	yes	04/1993	Mar 26, 2012	Mar 28, 2024
SAPIENZA, ANTHONY, JOHN	Principal	B	no	01/2021	Mar 30, 2021	Mar 28, 2024
SWEE, JOHN, P	Principal	B	no	01/2021	Mar 30, 2021	Mar 28, 2024

Regulatory AUM by fiscal year

annual amendments (and the roster's annual snapshot) as filed; where a year was amended twice the later filing draws the line

Fiscal year	Filed	RAUM	Discretionary	Employees	Advisory staff	Offices	Private funds	Fund GAV
2024	Mar 27, 2025	$533M	$458M	8	3	0	n/a	n/a
2023	Mar 28, 2024	$510M	$421M	9	3	0	n/a	n/a
2022	Mar 30, 2023	$450M	$365M	8	3	0	n/a	n/a
2021	Mar 26, 2022	$500M	$381M	9	3	0	n/a	n/a
2020	Mar 30, 2021	$407M	$310M	8	3	0	n/a	n/a
2019	Mar 30, 2020	$350M	$271M	8	3	0	n/a	n/a
2018	Mar 25, 2019	$289M	$225M	7	3	1	n/a	n/a
2017	Mar 23, 2018	$312M	$247M	7	3	1	n/a	n/a
2016	Mar 24, 2017	$279M	$214M	7	3	n/a	n/a	n/a
2015	Feb 17, 2016	$259M	$182M	7	3	n/a	n/a	n/a
2014	Feb 26, 2015	$261M	$179M	7	3	n/a	n/a	n/a
2013	Feb 24, 2014	$258M	$175M	6	3	n/a	n/a	n/a
2012	Mar 11, 2013	$224M	$151M	6	3	n/a	n/a	n/a
2011	Mar 26, 2012	$197M	$131M	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Advisor flows

derived: registrations beginning and ending at this CRD on IAPD, bulk corporate re-registrations excluded; the rate is departures over IAPD headcount

Joined, 12m	Left, 12m	Net, 12m	Departure rate, 12m	Joined, 90d	Left, 90d	Left, no destination yet	Joined, 36m	Left, 36m
0	4	-4	n/a	0	0	0	0	4

Growth

derived from consecutive annual filings; RAUM as reported

Latest fiscal year	RAUM	A year earlier	1y change	Three years earlier	3y CAGR	Employees	A year earlier	Offices	A year earlier
2024	$533M	$510M	4.5%	$500M	2.2%	8	9	0	0

Teams out

two or more advisors whose registrations ended here and began at one firm together: a fact of two dates, not a prediction

Other firm	Advisors	First left	Last joined	From	Kind	Move type	Share of firm
SAVANT WEALTH MANAGEMENT	4	Dec 8, 2025	Oct 23, 2025	EVANSTON, IL	Firm absorbed	RIA to RIA	100.0%

Relationships

Registered with (5)

← DAVID DOUGLAS CLOSEAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Sep 29, 2006 to Dec 8, 2025factForm ADV
← ANTHONY JOHN SAPIENZAAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Sep 29, 2006 to Dec 8, 2025factForm ADV
← JOHN PATRICK SWEEAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Mar 19, 2009 to Dec 8, 2025factForm ADV
← Trevor Davis FleckAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 25, 2019 to Dec 8, 2025factForm ADV
← Achim von BodmanAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Sep 29, 2006 to Mar 25, 2009factForm ADV

Moved with (1)

→ SAVANT WEALTH MANAGEMENTRegistered adviser4 advisors, firm absorbed, same day
Dec 8, 2025 to Oct 23, 2025factForm ADV

Controls (1)

← CLOSE, DAVID, DOUGLASOwnerPRESIDENT/DIRECTOR/CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, ownership code E, individual
Mar 26, 2012 to Mar 28, 2024factForm ADV

Owns (2)

← SAPIENZA, ANTHONY, JOHNOwnerPRINCIPAL, ownership code B, individual
Mar 30, 2021 to Mar 28, 2024factForm ADV
← SWEE, JOHN, POwnerPRINCIPAL, ownership code B, individual
Mar 30, 2021 to Mar 28, 2024factForm ADV

Dated events

1 bookkeeping events (roster, classification and holdings changes) folded below

Occurred
Dec 8, 2025
Firm absorbed
Gryphon Advisors, LLC's advisors moved to Savant Wealth Management (Evanston, IL): 4 of 4 registered, on the same day
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
4 advisors
Occurred
Dec 8, 2025
Advisor changed firm
John Patrick Swee left Gryphon Advisors, Llc for Savant Wealth Management (registered 2025-10-03)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Dec 8, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Trevor Davis Fleck left Gryphon Advisors, Llc for Savant Wealth Management (registered 2025-10-02)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Dec 8, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Anthony John Sapienza left Gryphon Advisors, Llc for Savant Wealth Management (registered 2025-10-02)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Dec 8, 2025
Advisor changed firm
David Douglas Close left Gryphon Advisors, Llc for Savant Wealth Management (registered 2025-10-23)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago

Show 1 bookkeeping events

Occurred
Jan 2, 2026
Gryphon Advisors, Llc no longer on the SEC adviser roster (last listed 2025-12-20, RAUM $533.3M)

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:b7cb0785-b1af-5a71-1e63-941e829b0815
First observed: Mar 26, 2012
Last observed: Mar 27, 2025 18 months ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
3 registered feeds 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.

GRYPHON ADVISORS, LLC

CRD 132389

EVANSTON, IL

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Data as of Mar 27, 2025 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 5:12 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Owner

Title

Ownership code

Control person

Acquired

First seen

Last seen

CLOSE, DAVID, DOUGLAS

PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR/CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER

yes

04/1993

Mar 26, 2012

Mar 28, 2024

SAPIENZA, ANTHONY, JOHN

Principal

01/2021

Mar 30, 2021

Mar 28, 2024

SWEE, JOHN, P

Principal

01/2021

Mar 30, 2021

Mar 28, 2024

Fiscal year

Filed

RAUM

Discretionary

Employees

Advisory staff

Offices

Private funds

Fund GAV

2024

Mar 27, 2025

$533M

$458M

n/a

2023

Mar 28, 2024

$510M

$421M

n/a

2022

Mar 30, 2023

$450M

$365M

n/a

2021

Mar 26, 2022

$500M

$381M

n/a

2020

Mar 30, 2021

$407M

$310M

n/a

2019

Mar 30, 2020

$350M

$271M

n/a

2018

Mar 25, 2019

$289M

$225M

n/a

2017

Mar 23, 2018

$312M

$247M

n/a

2016

Mar 24, 2017

$279M

$214M

n/a

2015

Feb 17, 2016

$259M

$182M

n/a

2014

Feb 26, 2015

$261M

$179M

n/a

2013

Feb 24, 2014

$258M

$175M

n/a

2012

Mar 11, 2013

$224M

$151M

n/a

2011

Mar 26, 2012

$197M

$131M

n/a

Joined, 12m

Left, 12m

Net, 12m

Departure rate, 12m

Joined, 90d

Left, 90d

Left, no destination yet

Joined, 36m

Left, 36m

-4

n/a

Latest fiscal year

RAUM

A year earlier

1y change

Three years earlier

3y CAGR

Employees

A year earlier

Offices

A year earlier

2024

$533M

$510M

4.5%

$500M

2.2%

Other firm

Advisors

First left

Last joined

From

Kind

Move type

Share of firm

SAVANT WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Dec 8, 2025

Oct 23, 2025

EVANSTON, IL

Firm absorbed

RIA to RIA

100.0%