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RIA / WealthAdvisor13 years in industry

MATTHEW LEE SCHULZ

Advisor at VALIDUS CAPITAL LLC

EL SEGUNDO, CA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 7:34 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 2
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 1
Observed: Oct 23, 2013 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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

Private Equityidentity

Matthew Lee Schulz

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: VALIDUS CAPITAL 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: Jan 1, 2013earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 13derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 0derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 1
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S65
First exam: Oct 22, 2013
First registration: Oct 23, 2013
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 5709946

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
VALIDUS CAPITAL LLC	Independent wealth	Jan 1, 2026	n/a	yes	EL SEGUNDO, CA	Current employment
CERTUITY, LLC	Independent wealth	Oct 23, 2013	May 26, 2022	no	EL SEGUNDO, CA	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
CERTUITY, LLC	VALIDUS CAPITAL LLC	May 26, 2022	Jan 1, 2026	1,316	Firm change after gap	RIA to RIA

Team moves

moves this advisor made together with colleagues (two or more registrations ending and beginning together)

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
129505:319212:CA:2022-05-26	May 26, 2022	Jan 1, 2026	EL SEGUNDO, CA	Firm change after gap

Relationships

Registered with (2)

→ VALIDUS CAPITAL LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jan 1, 2026 to presentfactForm ADV
→ CERTUITY, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 23, 2013 to May 26, 2022factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
May 26, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Matthew Lee Schulz left Certuity, Llc for Validus Capital Llc (registered 2026-01-01)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:d99f44e2-79c4-aa74-62de-382b82fb7f58
First observed: Oct 23, 2013
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.

MATTHEW LEE SCHULZ

Advisor at VALIDUS CAPITAL LLC

EL SEGUNDO, CA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 7:34 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

VALIDUS CAPITAL LLC

Independent wealth

Jan 1, 2026

n/a

yes

EL SEGUNDO, CA

Current employment

CERTUITY, LLC

Independent wealth

Oct 23, 2013

May 26, 2022

EL SEGUNDO, CA

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

CERTUITY, LLC

VALIDUS CAPITAL LLC

May 26, 2022

Jan 1, 2026

1,316

Firm change after gap

RIA to RIA

Team

Left

Joined

From

Kind

129505:319212:CA:2022-05-26

May 26, 2022

Jan 1, 2026

EL SEGUNDO, CA

Firm change after gap