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SEC-registered adviser

Ark Invest

Asset manager (funds and pooled vehicles)St. Petersburg, FloridaCRD 169525SEC 801-79081websiteIAPD
Legal name Ark Investment Management LLC
Latest filing Aug 24, 2026
First filing on the tape Jan 9, 2014 · 36 filings
SEC status approved since Jan 21, 2014
RAUM
$16B
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
100%
of RAUM
Private clients
0.0%
$0 individuals and HNW
Advisors
0
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
58
20 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
0
beyond the principal office
Private funds
7
reported on Schedule D
History
36 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$16B as of Aug 24, 2026
Mar 31, 2015$34.3M then
HNW client RAUM$0 as of Aug 24, 2026
Mar 30, 2018$51.1M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)0 as of Aug 24, 2026
Mar 31, 20150 then
Employees (5.A)58 as of Aug 24, 2026
Mar 31, 201515 then
Private funds7 as of Aug 24, 2026
Mar 30, 20201 then
RAUM +23% over the last fiscal year+4.8% a year over threeIARs 0 to 0
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Aug 24, 2026; every figure names its basis
RAUM per advisor
unknownderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor
unknownderivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client
unknownderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account
$470MderivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
100%derivedof RAUM
Institutional
2.8%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor
unknownderivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office
unknownderived1 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year
+23%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
unknownderivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
unknownderived
Compensation
percentage of assets, performance-basedreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
portfolio management for individuals, portfolio management for businesses and institutions, portfolio management for pooled vehicles, portfolio management for investment companies, publicationsreportedItem 5.G
Wrap fee program
participatesreportedItem 5.I
Custody
$903M, 10 clientsreportedItem 9.A
Ownership
no PE, bank or public-company owner found on Schedule Aderived
Advisor book size
not public; not estimatedreported
Also answered yes on Form ADV
  • buys or sells securities as principal to or from clients (8.A.2)
  • has discretionary authority over which securities are bought or sold (8.C.1)
  • compensates persons for client referrals (8.G.1)
  • compensates non-employees for client referrals (8.G.2)
  • has custody of client cash or bank accounts (9.A.1.a)
  • has custody of client securities (9.A.1.b)
  • marketing includes hypothetical performance (5.L.3)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
  • Investment companies$14B87%
  • Pooled investment vehicles$1.6B9.7%
  • State and municipal entities$414M2.6%
  • Pension and profit-sharing plans$33.8M0.2%
  • Other investment advisers$3.3M0.0%
Individual clients
n/areported
HNW clients
n/areported
Pension plan clients
n/areported
Charitable clients
n/areported
Accounts
34reported
Financial planning clients
reported
Wrap fee programs
$0 sponsored, $3.3M managedreported
Custody of client assets
$903M for 10 clientsreported
Compensation
% of AUM, performancereported
Class basis
private_client_share=0.0 fund_share=0.97 institutional_share=0.03 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=4.0derived
Advisors registered through the firm
0 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
No representative is registered through this CRD on IAPD.
Advisor movement
Left, latest
none on the tape
    Joined, latest
    none on the tape
      Private funds
      3 reported on Schedule D 7.B.(1)
      FundTypeGross assetsOwnersFirst reported
      Ark Cryptocurrency Master Fund LLCHedge Fund$31.6M14Mar 30, 2020
      Ark Crypto Revolutions Master Fund LLCHedge Fund$24.8M12Mar 31, 2023
      Ark Creative Destruction And Innovation Strategy Equity Fund LPno longer reportedHedge Fund$981,3879Mar 31, 2022
      Owners and control persons
      Schedule A and B, latest filing
      • Kellen Carter · Chief Compliance Officer; Corporate Counselcontrol
        since 03/2016 · owns less than 5%
      • Gregory Thomas Staudt · Chief Operating Officer; Presidentcontrol
        since 10/2023 · owns less than 5%
      • Edward Paul Wilson · Chief Financial Officer; Chief Strategy Officercontrol
        since 10/2023 · owns less than 5%
      • Forest Dana Wolfe · General Counselcontrol
        since 08/2021 · owns less than 5%
      • Duddy Catherine Wood · Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officercontrol
        since 06/2014 · owns less than 5%
      • Duddy Catherine Wood · Managing Membercontrol
        since 06/2014 · owns 75% or more of Ark Invest LLC
      Entity owners
      • Ark Investment Management LP · Managing Memeber
        direct · owns 75% or more
      • Ark Invest Holdings LLC · Limited Partner
        indirect · owns 75% or more of Ark Investment Management LP
      • Ark Invest LLC · Managing Member
        indirect · owns 75% or more of Ark Invest Holdings LLC
      Related persons
      Schedule D 7.A
      • Ark Cryptocurrency Fund Managing Member LLC
        pooled vehicle sponsory
      Offices
      Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
      No branch office listed.
      What changed
      consecutive filings, newest first
      • Private funds · 6 to 7
        Apr 1, 2026 to Aug 24, 2026
      • Accounts · 33 to 34
        May 5, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
      • Advisory employees · 19 to 20
        May 5, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
      • Pooled vehicle clients · 23 to 22
        May 5, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
      • Assets in custody · $339M to $903M
        May 5, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
      • Employees · 50 to 58
        May 5, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
      • Discretionary RAUM · $13B to $16B
        May 5, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
      • Pension RAUM · $25.4M to $33.8M
        May 5, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
      • Pooled vehicle RAUM · $1.0B to $1.6B
        May 5, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
      • RAUM · $13B to $16B
        May 5, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
      • Wrap assets (manager) · $2.7M to $3.3M
        May 5, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
      • Financial planning clients · unset to
        Mar 31, 2025 to May 5, 2025
      • Accounts · 408 to 33
        Oct 10, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025
      • Advisory employees · 22 to 19
        Oct 10, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025
      • BD registered reps · 3 to 4
        Oct 10, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025
      • Pooled vehicle clients · 16 to 23
        Oct 10, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025
      • Assets in custody · $56.4M to $339M
        Oct 10, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025
      • Employees · 48 to 50
        Oct 10, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025
      • Private funds · 2 to 6
        Oct 10, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025
      • Discretionary RAUM · $15B to $13B
        Oct 10, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025
      • HNW RAUM · $19.7M to $0
        Oct 10, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025
      • Pension RAUM · $22.8M to $25.4M
        Oct 10, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025
      • Pooled vehicle RAUM · $91.2M to $1.0B
        Oct 10, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025
      • RAUM · $15B to $13B
        Oct 10, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025
      • Wrap assets (manager) · $77.8M to $2.7M
        Oct 10, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025
      • Pooled vehicle clients · 1 to 16
        Dec 7, 2023 to Mar 29, 2024
      • Assets in custody · $25.4M to $56.4M
        Dec 7, 2023 to Mar 29, 2024
      • Employees · 46 to 48
        Dec 7, 2023 to Mar 29, 2024
      • Discretionary RAUM · $14B to $15B
        Dec 7, 2023 to Mar 29, 2024
      • HNW RAUM · $14.0M to $19.7M
        Dec 7, 2023 to Mar 29, 2024
      • Individual RAUM · $24.3M to $0
        Dec 7, 2023 to Mar 29, 2024
      • Pension RAUM · $17.4M to $22.8M
        Dec 7, 2023 to Mar 29, 2024
      • Pooled vehicle RAUM · $22.4M to $91.2M
        Dec 7, 2023 to Mar 29, 2024
      • RAUM · $14B to $15B
        Dec 7, 2023 to Mar 29, 2024
      • Wrap assets (manager) · $296M to $77.8M
        Dec 7, 2023 to Mar 29, 2024
      • Accounts · 3,001 to 408
        Dec 7, 2023 to Mar 29, 2024
      • BD registered reps · 4 to 3
        Dec 7, 2023 to Mar 29, 2024
      • Individual clients · 198.0 to unset
        Dec 7, 2023 to Mar 29, 2024
      • Accounts · 4,207 to 3,001
        Mar 31, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
      • HNW clients · 5.0 to unset
        Mar 31, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
      Signals
      14 dated events
      • Mckenzie Brett Winton (Chief Futurist; Ark Venture Investment Committee Member) no longer on Schedule A of Ark Invest (listed 2023-12-07, absent 2024-03-29)
        Mar 29, 2024 · Control person left · inference
      • Ark Invest reported RAUM $13.9B, down 44% from $24.8B (2022-03-31 to 2023-03-31)
        Mar 31, 2023 · RAUM change · derived
      • Jana Haines (Chief Strategy Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Ark Invest (listed 2022-03-31, absent 2023-03-31)
        Mar 31, 2023 · Control person left · inference
      • Ark Invest reported RAUM $24.8B, down 55% from $55.1B (2021-11-05 to 2022-03-31)
        Mar 31, 2022 · RAUM change · derived
      • Edward Paul Wilson (Chief Financial Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Ark Invest
        Mar 31, 2022 · Control person joined · fact
      • Forest Dana Wolfe (General Counsel) appeared on Schedule A of Ark Invest
        Mar 31, 2022 · Control person joined · fact
      • Arthur James Chavis (Chief Financial Officer; Chief Administrative Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Ark Invest (listed 2021-11-05, absent 2022-03-31)
        Mar 31, 2022 · Control person left · inference
      • Ark Invest reported RAUM $55.1B, up 1131% from $4.5B (2020-08-14 to 2021-03-31)
        Mar 31, 2021 · RAUM change · derived
      • Jana Haines (Chief Strategy Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Ark Invest
        Mar 31, 2021 · Control person joined · fact
      • Ark Invest reported RAUM $4.5B, up 34% from $3.3B (2019-03-27 to 2020-03-30)
        Mar 30, 2020 · RAUM change · derived
      • Ark Invest reported RAUM $3.3B, up 76% from $1.9B (2018-07-06 to 2019-03-27)
        Mar 27, 2019 · RAUM change · derived
      • Arthur James Chavis (Chief Financial Officer; Chief Administrative Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Ark Invest
        Mar 27, 2019 · Control person joined · fact
      • Ark Invest reported RAUM $1.9B, up 43% from $1.3B (2017-09-25 to 2018-03-30)
        Mar 30, 2018 · RAUM change · derived
      • Ark Investment Management Llc filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
        Jan 9, 2014 · First SEC registration · fact
      Across DFX
      shared identifiers only, never a name match
      • ARK Invest · Venture Capital
        shared crd · organization
      How to reach
      public business contact points only, each with its source
      Firm profile
      linkedin.com/company/ark-investment-managementreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
      Website
      ark-invest.comreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
      Principal office phone
      727-810-8160reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Aug 24, 2026
      Provenance
      Form ADV
      SEC filing data 2011 to 2024 and the monthly roster 2025 onreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
      Advisors
      IAPD individual compilation feed, dailyreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
      Class
      Asset manager (funds and pooled vehicles)deriveda rule over Items 5.D and 7.A
      RAUM per advisor
      n/aderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
      Loaded
      Sep 14, 2026