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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner11 years in industry

Christopher Sean Brown

Advisor at ROOT FINANCIAL PARTNERS

Knoxville, TN | AUSTIN, TX

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 6:33 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 3
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Sep 28, 2015 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

fact = as filed or announced; derived = computed by DFX; estimate = a band, never a point

Current firm: ROOT FINANCIAL PARTNERS
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: Sep 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: 2
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
First registration: Sep 28, 2015
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 5686016

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
ROOT FINANCIAL PARTNERS	Independent wealth	Mar 6, 2025	n/a	yes	AUSTIN, TX\|Knoxville, TN	Current employment
CLARK ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC	Independent wealth	Aug 8, 2024	Feb 7, 2025	no	Knoxville, TN\|STRATHAM, NH	Previous registration
MARINER INDEPENDENT	Independent wealth	Dec 2, 2022	Aug 5, 2024	no	Knoxville, TN	Previous registration
PATRIOT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP INC	Independent wealth	Sep 28, 2015	Nov 21, 2022	no	KNOXVILLE, TN	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
CLARK ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC	ROOT FINANCIAL PARTNERS	Feb 7, 2025	Mar 6, 2025	27	Firm change	RIA to RIA
MARINER INDEPENDENT	CLARK ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC	Aug 5, 2024	Aug 8, 2024	3	Firm change	RIA to RIA
PATRIOT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP INC	MARINER INDEPENDENT	Nov 21, 2022	Dec 2, 2022	11	Firm change	RIA to RIA

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ ROOT FINANCIAL PARTNERSRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Mar 6, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ CLARK ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 8, 2024 to Feb 7, 2025factForm ADV
→ MARINER INDEPENDENTRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 2, 2022 to Aug 5, 2024factForm ADV
→ PATRIOT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP INCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 28, 2015 to Nov 21, 2022factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Feb 7, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Christopher Sean Brown left Clark Asset Management, Llc for Root Financial Partners (registered 2025-03-06)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Aug 5, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Christopher Sean Brown left Mariner Independent for Clark Asset Management, Llc (registered 2024-08-08)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Nov 21, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Christopher Sean Brown left Patriot Investment Management Group Inc for Mariner Independent (registered 2022-12-02)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago