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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)17 years in industry

MICHAEL HAMILTON HOPPER

Advisor at WELLS FARGO ADVISORS

TOMBALL, TX | HOUSTON, TX

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 1:00 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 3
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Nov 26, 2012 to Sep 14, 2026

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

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: Feb 25, 2009earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 17derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 10derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 2
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Feb 25, 2009
First registration: Nov 26, 2012
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: MICHAEL HOPPER|MICHAEL HOPPER|MICHAEL H. HOPPER
IAPD individual key: 5525881

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	Nov 4, 2015	n/a	yes	HOUSTON, TX\|HOUSTON, TX\|HOUSTON, TX\|TOMBALL, TX	Current employment
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Apr 9, 2015	Oct 30, 2015	no	HOUSTON, TX	Previous registration
PNC MANAGED ACCOUNT SOLUTIONS, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Nov 26, 2012	Apr 13, 2015	no	SUGARLAND, 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	Oct 30, 2015	Nov 4, 2015	5	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse
PNC MANAGED ACCOUNT SOLUTIONS, INC.	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Apr 13, 2015	Apr 9, 2015	-4	Firm change	Other

Team moves

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

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
110476:7691:TX:2015-04-07	Apr 13, 2015	Apr 9, 2015	SUGARLAND, TX	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Nov 4, 2015 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 9, 2015 to Oct 30, 2015factForm ADV
→ PNC MANAGED ACCOUNT SOLUTIONS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 26, 2012 to Apr 13, 2015factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:f942124d-9e76-dc83-8c61-e74416f617f2
First observed: Nov 26, 2012
Last observed: Sep 14, 2026 5 days ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
1 registered feed 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.

MICHAEL HAMILTON HOPPER

Advisor at WELLS FARGO ADVISORS

TOMBALL, TX | HOUSTON, TX

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 1:00 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

WELLS FARGO ADVISORS

Wirehouse

Nov 4, 2015

n/a

yes

HOUSTON, TX|HOUSTON, TX|HOUSTON, TX|TOMBALL, TX

Current employment

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Wirehouse

Apr 9, 2015

Oct 30, 2015

HOUSTON, TX

Previous registration

PNC MANAGED ACCOUNT SOLUTIONS, INC.

Former SEC adviser

Nov 26, 2012

Apr 13, 2015

SUGARLAND, TX

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

WELLS FARGO ADVISORS

Oct 30, 2015

Nov 4, 2015

Firm change

Wirehouse to wirehouse

PNC MANAGED ACCOUNT SOLUTIONS, INC.

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Apr 13, 2015

Apr 9, 2015

-4

Firm change

Other

Team

Left

Joined

From

Kind

110476:7691:TX:2015-04-07

Apr 13, 2015

Apr 9, 2015

SUGARLAND, TX

Firm change