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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Plannerdual registered (broker-dealer)11 years in industry

Carlos Eduardo Mejia

Advisor at HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC

Houston, TX | CHICAGO, IL

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Relationships: 4
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Mar 29, 2018 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC
Current firm class: broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Aug 1, 2015earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 11derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S65|S66
First exam: Mar 29, 2018
First registration: Mar 29, 2018
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 6855493

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
HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Mar 4, 2025	n/a	yes	Houston, TX\|CHICAGO, IL	Current employment
CRESTMONT PRIVATE WEALTH LLC	Independent wealth	Oct 16, 2023	Feb 17, 2025	no	BOERNE, TX	Previous registration
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.	Wirehouse	Nov 30, 2021	Oct 9, 2023	no	HOUSTON, TX	Previous registration
FCA CORP	Independent wealth	Mar 29, 2018	Nov 23, 2021	no	HOUSTON, 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
CRESTMONT PRIVATE WEALTH LLC	HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC	Feb 17, 2025	Mar 4, 2025	15	Firm change	RIA to ibd
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.	CRESTMONT PRIVATE WEALTH LLC	Oct 9, 2023	Oct 16, 2023	7	Firm change	Wirehouse to RIA
FCA CORP	UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.	Nov 23, 2021	Nov 30, 2021	7	Firm change	RIA to wirehouse

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Mar 4, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ CRESTMONT PRIVATE WEALTH LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 16, 2023 to Feb 17, 2025factForm ADV
→ UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 30, 2021 to Oct 9, 2023factForm ADV
→ FCA CORPRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 29, 2018 to Nov 23, 2021factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Feb 17, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Carlos Eduardo Mejia left Crestmont Private Wealth Llc for Hightower Advisors, Llc (registered 2025-03-04)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Oct 9, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Carlos Eduardo Mejia left Ubs Financial Services Inc. for Crestmont Private Wealth Llc (registered 2023-10-16)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago