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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)43 years in industry

JOHN RICHARDSON HARRELL

Advisor at WELLS FARGO ADVISORS

AUSTIN, TX

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 3:13 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Dec 9, 1987 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: WELLS FARGO ADVISORS
Current firm class: wirehousederived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Mar 25, 1983earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 43derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 14derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Mar 25, 1983
First registration: Dec 9, 1987
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 1107212

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
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Wirehouse	Mar 22, 2012	n/a	yes	AUSTIN, TX	Current employment
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Oct 23, 2009	Apr 2, 2012	no	AUSTIN, TX\|AUSTIN, TX	Previous registration
BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	n/a	Nov 5, 2003	Oct 23, 2009	no	AUSTIN, TX\|AUSTIN, TX	Previous registration
MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.	n/a	Dec 9, 1987	Oct 16, 2003	no	AUSTIN, 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
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Apr 2, 2012	Mar 22, 2012	-11	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse
BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Oct 23, 2009	Oct 23, 2009	0	Bulk transfer	Other
MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.	BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	Oct 16, 2003	Nov 5, 2003	20	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Mar 22, 2012 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 23, 2009 to Apr 2, 2012factForm ADV
→ BANC OF AMERICA INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 5, 2003 to Oct 23, 2009factForm ADV
→ MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 9, 1987 to Oct 16, 2003factForm ADV

Dated events

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