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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner19 years in industry

BENJAMIN CARL HUSTON

Advisor at KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC

LOS ANGELES, CA | Mt. Pleasant, SC

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 3:40 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 7
Dated events: 4
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Sep 26, 2008 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC
Current firm class: mixed wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Jun 13, 2007earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 19derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 6
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S66|S63|S65
First exam: Jun 13, 2007
First registration: Sep 26, 2008
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 5302695

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
KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC	Mixed wealth	Aug 22, 2025	n/a	yes	LOS ANGELES, CA\|Mt. Pleasant, SC	Current employment
FOCUS PARTNERS WEALTH, LLC	Independent wealth	Aug 1, 2024	Jul 2, 2025	no	Mt. Pleasant, SC	Previous registration
GRATUS CAPITAL, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Jul 12, 2024	Dec 2, 2024	no	Mount Pleasant, SC\|ATLANTA, GA	Previous registration
Mariner	Bd affiliated wealth	Sep 8, 2023	Jun 17, 2024	no	Mt. Pleasant, SC	Previous registration
FISHER INVESTMENTS	Independent wealth	Jun 13, 2017	Jun 9, 2023	no	MARIETTA, GA\|PLANO, TX\|MT. PLEASANT, SC\|MT. PLEASANT, SC\|MT. PLEASANT, SC\|MT PLEASANT, SC	Previous registration
STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC	National bd RIA	Sep 26, 2011	Jun 5, 2017	no	ATLANTA, GA\|ATLANTA, GA	Previous registration
MORGAN KEEGAN & COMPANY, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Sep 26, 2008	May 11, 2009	no	JACKSONVILLE, FL\|JACKSONVILLE, FL\|ATLANTA, GA	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
FOCUS PARTNERS WEALTH, LLC	KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC	Jul 2, 2025	Aug 22, 2025	51	Firm change	Other
GRATUS CAPITAL, LLC	FOCUS PARTNERS WEALTH, LLC	Dec 2, 2024	Aug 1, 2024	-123	Firm change after gap	RIA to RIA
Mariner	GRATUS CAPITAL, LLC	Jun 17, 2024	Jul 12, 2024	25	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
FISHER INVESTMENTS	Mariner	Jun 9, 2023	Sep 8, 2023	91	Firm change	RIA to ibd
STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC	FISHER INVESTMENTS	Jun 5, 2017	Jun 13, 2017	8	Firm change	Other
MORGAN KEEGAN & COMPANY, LLC	STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC	May 11, 2009	Sep 26, 2011	868	Firm change after gap	Other

Team moves

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

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
173627:159289:GA:2024-12-02	Dec 2, 2024	Aug 1, 2024	ATLANTA, GA	Firm change after gap

Relationships

Registered with (7)

→ KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Aug 22, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ FOCUS PARTNERS WEALTH, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 1, 2024 to Jul 2, 2025factForm ADV
→ GRATUS CAPITAL, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 12, 2024 to Dec 2, 2024factForm ADV
→ MARINERRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 8, 2023 to Jun 17, 2024factForm ADV
→ FISHER INVESTMENTSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 13, 2017 to Jun 9, 2023factForm ADV
→ STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 26, 2011 to Jun 5, 2017factForm ADV
→ MORGAN KEEGAN & COMPANY, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 26, 2008 to May 11, 2009factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Jul 2, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Benjamin Carl Huston left Focus Partners Wealth, Llc for Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, Llc (registered 2025-08-22)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Dec 2, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Benjamin Carl Huston left Gratus Capital, Llc for Focus Partners Wealth, Llc (registered 2024-08-01)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Jun 17, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Benjamin Carl Huston left Mariner for Gratus Capital, Llc (registered 2024-07-12)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Jun 9, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Benjamin Carl Huston left Fisher Investments for Mariner (registered 2023-09-08)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago