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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)10 years in industry

WILLIAM RYAN MILLS

Advisor at CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.

Annapolis, MD

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 9:17 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 2
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jul 25, 2022 to Sep 14, 2026

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

Current firm: CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.
Current firm class: national broker-dealer RIAderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: May 1, 2016earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 10derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 3derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 1
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S63|S66
First exam: Oct 3, 2016
First registration: Jul 25, 2022
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: Bill Mills|William Mills
IAPD individual key: 6298688

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
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.	National bd RIA	Jun 27, 2023	n/a	yes	Annapolis, MD	Current employment
MORGAN STANLEY	Wirehouse	Jul 25, 2022	May 18, 2023	no	Baltimore, MD	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
MORGAN STANLEY	CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.	May 18, 2023	Jun 27, 2023	40	Firm change	Wirehouse to ibd

Relationships

Registered with (2)

→ CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.Registered adviserregistration: current employment
Jun 27, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MORGAN STANLEYRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 25, 2022 to May 18, 2023factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
May 18, 2023
Advisor changed firm
William Ryan Mills left Morgan Stanley for Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (registered 2023-06-27)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:d4ce6ace-486c-145e-b285-87fea0aa0114
First observed: Jul 25, 2022
Last observed: Sep 14, 2026 7 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.

WILLIAM RYAN MILLS

Advisor at CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.

Annapolis, MD

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 9:17 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.

National bd RIA

Jun 27, 2023

n/a

yes

Annapolis, MD

Current employment

MORGAN STANLEY

Wirehouse

Jul 25, 2022

May 18, 2023

Baltimore, MD

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

MORGAN STANLEY

CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.

May 18, 2023

Jun 27, 2023

Firm change

Wirehouse to ibd