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RIA / WealthRegistered adviserformer SEC adviserleft the SEC rosterRAUM under $100M

PLATO'S PHILOSOPHY, LLC

CRD 319564

VENTURA, CA

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Data as of Dec 11, 2024 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 1:57 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 11
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Sep 9, 2022 to Dec 11, 2024
14 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: $39.4MItem 5.F on the latest filing (2024-12-11); as reported, and an affiliate's assets may be counted again on its own filing
Discretionary RAUM: $39.4M
Private client RAUM: $0derivedItem 5.D individuals plus high net worth individuals
Private client share: 0%derivedprivate client RAUM over total RAUM
Advisors on IAPD: 0
Employees: 4
Advisory employees: 1
Offices: 0Schedule D 1.F, beyond the principal office
Accounts: 1
SEC number: 801-126714
CIK: 1983138
CRD: 319564
Filings on the tape: 14
First filed: Sep 9, 2022
Latest filed: Dec 11, 2024
Organised: Limited Liability Company, California
Website: stockhack.com

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
Paffrath, Kevin, Helmut	CEO / PRESIDENT	E	yes	09/2022	Sep 9, 2022	Dec 11, 2024
THOMASON, MCKAY, JOSEPH	CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER	Na	yes	10/2022	Aug 13, 2023	Dec 11, 2024
Traynham, Kenneth, Edward	CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER / CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER	Na	yes	06/2023	Aug 13, 2023	Dec 11, 2024

Affiliates (Item 7.A)

as filed on Item 7.A; a related person with a CRD on the graph links to its own page

Related person	Type	Class on the graph	Its RAUM	Control	Common control	State
TIDAL INVESTMENTS LLC	n/a	Asset manager	$46B	N	no	n/a
HOUSE HACK, INC.	n/a	n/a	n/a	N	yes	n/a
KENNETH E. TRAYNHAM, ESQ.	n/a	n/a	n/a	Y	yes	n/a
KEVIN PAFFRATH	n/a	n/a	n/a	Y	yes	n/a
LAWHACK, APC	n/a	n/a	n/a	Y	yes	n/a
SUITHACK, LLC	n/a	n/a	n/a	N	yes	n/a
THE PAFFRATH ORGANIZATION	n/a	n/a	n/a	Y	yes	n/a

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
2023	Mar 27, 2024	$39.4M	$39.4M	9	5	0	n/a	n/a
2022	Mar 30, 2023	$23.0M	$23.0M	3	2	0	n/a	n/a

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
2023	$39.4M	$23.0M	70.8%	n/a	n/a	4	3	0	0

Relationships

Affiliated with (1)

→ TIDAL INVESTMENTS LLCRegistered adviserother investment adviser
factForm ADV

Controls (3)

← Paffrath, Kevin, HelmutOwnerCEO / PRESIDENT, ownership code E, individual
Sep 9, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
← THOMASON, MCKAY, JOSEPHOwnerCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, ownership code NA, individual
Aug 13, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
← Traynham, Kenneth, EdwardOwnerCHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER / CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER, ownership code NA, individual
Aug 13, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV

Registered with (1)

← BRIAN PATRICK SWEENEYAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Oct 12, 2022 to Aug 13, 2023factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Mar 6, 2025
Left the SEC roster
Plato'S Philosophy, Llc no longer on the SEC adviser roster (last listed 2025-02-03, RAUM $39.4M)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
$39.4M
Occurred
Dec 11, 2024
Control person left
Mendoza Christian Luigi Cubacub (Chief Information Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Plato'S Philosophy, Llc (listed 2024-10-01, absent 2024-12-11)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Oct 1, 2024
Control person joined
Mendoza Christian Luigi Cubacub (Chief Information Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Plato'S Philosophy, Llc
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Oct 1, 2024
Control person left
Thomas John Mcdevitt (Chief Compliance Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Plato'S Philosophy, Llc (listed 2024-08-29, absent 2024-10-01)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Aug 13, 2023
Control person left
Patrick Brian Sweeney (Chief Compliance Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Plato'S Philosophy, Llc (listed 2023-03-30, absent 2023-08-13)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Aug 13, 2023
Control person joined
John Mcdevitt (Chief Compliance Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Plato'S Philosophy, Llc
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Aug 13, 2023
Control person joined
Mckay Thomason (Chief Operating Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Plato'S Philosophy, Llc
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Aug 13, 2023
Control person joined
Edward Kenneth Traynham (Chief Legal Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Plato'S Philosophy, Llc
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Aug 13, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Brian Patrick Sweeney left Plato'S Philosophy, Llc for Cadaret Grant & Co Inc (registered 2023-05-11)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Oct 11, 2022
Control person joined
Patrick Brian Sweeney (Chief Compliance Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Plato'S Philosophy, Llc
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Sep 9, 2022
First Form ADV filing
Plato'S Philosophy, Llc filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:dc570fe0-262c-d1f5-ddaf-ff5de573b192
First observed: Sep 9, 2022
Last observed: Dec 11, 2024 21 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.

PLATO'S PHILOSOPHY, LLC

CRD 319564

VENTURA, CA

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Data as of Dec 11, 2024 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 1:57 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Owner

Title

Ownership code

Control person

Acquired

First seen

Last seen

Paffrath, Kevin, Helmut

CEO / PRESIDENT

yes

09/2022

Sep 9, 2022

Dec 11, 2024

THOMASON, MCKAY, JOSEPH

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

yes

10/2022

Aug 13, 2023

Dec 11, 2024

Traynham, Kenneth, Edward

CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER / CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER

yes

06/2023

Aug 13, 2023

Dec 11, 2024

Related person

Type

Class on the graph

Its RAUM

Control

Common control

State

TIDAL INVESTMENTS LLC

n/a

Asset manager

$46B

n/a

HOUSE HACK, INC.

n/a

yes

n/a

KENNETH E. TRAYNHAM, ESQ.

n/a

yes

n/a

KEVIN PAFFRATH

n/a

yes

n/a

LAWHACK, APC

n/a

yes

n/a

SUITHACK, LLC

n/a

yes

n/a

THE PAFFRATH ORGANIZATION

n/a

yes

n/a

Fiscal year

Filed

RAUM

Discretionary

Employees

Advisory staff

Offices

Private funds

Fund GAV

2023

Mar 27, 2024

$39.4M

n/a

2022

Mar 30, 2023

$23.0M

n/a

Latest fiscal year

RAUM

A year earlier

1y change

Three years earlier

3y CAGR

Employees

A year earlier

Offices

A year earlier

2023

$39.4M

$23.0M

70.8%

n/a