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CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT PATE

Advisor at TRUE NORTH ADVISORS, LLC

FORT WORTH, TX | DALLAS, TX

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 6:22 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 2
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 2
Observed: Aug 3, 2011 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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

Private Equityidentity

Christopher Elliott Pate

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

Venture Capitalidentity

Christopher Elliott Pate

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

Facts

fact = as filed or announced; derived = computed by DFX; estimate = a band, never a point

Current firm: TRUE NORTH 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: Feb 1, 2011earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 15derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 7derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 1
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S66
First exam: Aug 2, 2011
First registration: Aug 3, 2011
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 5910801

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
TRUE NORTH ADVISORS, LLC	Independent wealth	Feb 13, 2019	n/a	yes	FORT WORTH, TX\|DALLAS, TX	Current employment
WESTERN RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.	Former SEC adviser	Aug 3, 2011	May 2, 2019	no	FORT WORTH, 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
WESTERN RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.	TRUE NORTH ADVISORS, LLC	May 2, 2019	Feb 13, 2019	-78	Firm change after gap	RIA to RIA

Relationships

Registered with (2)

→ TRUE NORTH ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Feb 13, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
→ WESTERN RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 3, 2011 to May 2, 2019factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:c1d89066-6b95-c6cf-3e18-424bcacae650
First observed: Aug 3, 2011
Last observed: Sep 14, 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.

CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT PATE

Advisor at TRUE NORTH ADVISORS, LLC

FORT WORTH, TX | DALLAS, TX

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Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

TRUE NORTH ADVISORS, LLC

Independent wealth

Feb 13, 2019

n/a

yes

FORT WORTH, TX|DALLAS, TX

Current employment

WESTERN RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.

Former SEC adviser

Aug 3, 2011

May 2, 2019

FORT WORTH, TX

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

WESTERN RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.

TRUE NORTH ADVISORS, LLC

May 2, 2019

Feb 13, 2019

-78

Firm change after gap

RIA to RIA