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RIA / WealthAdvisor13 years in industry

Daniel Mark Smith

Advisor at GRADIENT ADVISORS, LLC

Virginia Beach, VA | ARDEN HILLS, MN

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 18, 2026, 10:46 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Nov 8, 2012 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: GRADIENT ADVISORS, LLC
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: Nov 8, 2012earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 13derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 4derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 3
Exams: S66
First exam: Mar 1, 2021
First registration: Nov 8, 2012
Dual registered: no
Other names: DANIEL SMITH|DANNY SMITH
IAPD individual key: 5981326

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
GRADIENT ADVISORS, LLC	Independent wealth	Feb 17, 2022	n/a	yes	Virginia Beach, VA\|ARDEN HILLS, MN	Current employment
MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	May 12, 2021	Aug 31, 2021	no	Glen Allen, VA	Previous registration
ROYAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT	State registered	Apr 6, 2015	Oct 14, 2019	no	CHESAPEAKE, VA\|CHESAPEAKE, VA	Previous registration
HORNOR, TOWNSEND & KENT, LLC	Independent wealth	Mar 13, 2014	Jan 28, 2015	no	VIRGINIA BEACH, VA	Previous registration
WADDELL & REED	Former SEC adviser	Nov 8, 2012	Nov 27, 2012	no	VIRGINIA BEACH, VA	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
MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC	GRADIENT ADVISORS, LLC	Aug 31, 2021	Feb 17, 2022	170	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
ROYAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT	MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC	Oct 14, 2019	May 12, 2021	576	Firm change after gap	Other
HORNOR, TOWNSEND & KENT, LLC	ROYAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Jan 28, 2015	Apr 6, 2015	68	Firm change	Other
WADDELL & REED	HORNOR, TOWNSEND & KENT, LLC	Nov 27, 2012	Mar 13, 2014	471	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ GRADIENT ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Feb 17, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 12, 2021 to Aug 31, 2021factForm ADV
→ ROYAL WEALTH MANAGEMENTRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 6, 2015 to Oct 14, 2019factForm ADV
→ HORNOR, TOWNSEND & KENT, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 13, 2014 to Jan 28, 2015factForm ADV
→ WADDELL & REEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 8, 2012 to Nov 27, 2012factForm ADV

Dated events

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