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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)18 years in industry

JAMES KIM

Advisor at VESTGEN ADVISORS, LLC

Oak Brook, IL | CHICAGO, IL

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 18, 2026, 10:03 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Feb 9, 2018 to Sep 15, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: VESTGEN ADVISORS, 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 29, 2007earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 18derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Dec 29, 2007
First registration: Feb 9, 2018
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: HONG KIM|HONG J KIM|HONG JAMES KIM|Hong-Joong Kim|JAMES HONG-JOONG KIM
IAPD individual key: 4649932

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
VESTGEN ADVISORS, LLC	Independent wealth	Aug 25, 2025	n/a	yes	CHICAGO, IL\|Oak Brook, IL	Current employment
Onedigital	Institutional manager	Feb 24, 2023	Oct 8, 2025	no	OVERLAND PARK, KS\|Oak Brook, IL	Previous registration
ON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO	Bd affiliated wealth	Aug 2, 2018	Feb 15, 2023	no	Chicago, IL	Previous registration
HORNOR, TOWNSEND & KENT, LLC	Independent wealth	Feb 9, 2018	Jul 26, 2018	no	CHICAGO, IL	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
Onedigital	VESTGEN ADVISORS, LLC	Oct 8, 2025	Aug 25, 2025	-44	Firm change after gap	Other
ON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO	Onedigital	Feb 15, 2023	Feb 24, 2023	9	Firm change	Other
HORNOR, TOWNSEND & KENT, LLC	ON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO	Jul 26, 2018	Aug 2, 2018	7	Firm change	Ibd to ibd

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ VESTGEN ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Aug 25, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ ONEDIGITALRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 24, 2023 to Oct 8, 2025factForm ADV
→ ON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CORegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 2, 2018 to Feb 15, 2023factForm ADV
→ HORNOR, TOWNSEND & KENT, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 9, 2018 to Jul 26, 2018factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Oct 8, 2025
Advisor changed firm
James Kim left Onedigital for Vestgen Advisors, Llc (registered 2025-08-25)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
Occurred
Feb 15, 2023
Advisor changed firm
James Kim left On Investment Management Co for Onedigital (registered 2023-02-24)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago