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RIA Intelligence
Registered investment advisers, the advisors registered through them, the capital they report, the private vehicles they run and the people who own them, as a graph with a filing date behind every number. RAUM is what the adviser filed, a move is two registration dates, and a class is a rule you can read.
SEC-registered adviser
Presper Financial Architects, LLC
Latest filing Sep 14, 2026
First filing on the tape Jul 2, 2018 · 17 filings
SEC status approved since Aug 1, 2018
RAUM
$363M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
100%
of RAUM
Private clients
98%
$356M individuals and HNW
Advisors
3
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
$121M
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
10
3 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
1
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
17 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$363M as of Feb 23, 2026
Mar 28, 2019$164M then
HNW client RAUM$215M as of Feb 23, 2026
Mar 28, 2019$55.8M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)3 as of Feb 23, 2026
Mar 28, 20194 then
Employees (5.A)10 as of Feb 23, 2026
Mar 28, 20198 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +14% over the last fiscal year+11% a year over threeIARs 3 to 3
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Sep 14, 2026; every figure names its basis
Archetypes, each a printed rule
- HNW wealth manager · private-client share of RAUM at least 50 percent and HNW share of private-client RAUM 50 to 90 percent
- Independent boutique · a wealth manager with no broker-dealer, bank or insurance affiliate, 2 to 25 advisors, one to three offices, no public reporting company control
- Wrap program sponsor · sponsors a wrap fee program (5.I) with at least $100M of wrap assets
- RAUM per advisor
- $121MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
- Clients per advisor
- 178derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
- Average HNW client
- $1.9MderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
- Average account
- $208,779derivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
- Discretionary
- 100%derivedof RAUM
- Institutional
- 1.8%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
- Employees per advisor
- 3.3derivedItem 5.A over advisors
- Advisors per office
- 1.5derived2 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
- RAUM growth, one year
- +14%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
- Advisor growth, one year
- +0.0%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
- Client growth, one year
- -0.2%derived
- Compensation
- percentage of assets, hourly, fixed feesreportedItem 5.E
- Advisory activities
- financial planning, portfolio management for individuals, pension consulting, educational seminarsreportedItem 5.G
- Wrap fee program
- $285MreportedItem 5.I
- 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)
- receives research or other products from a broker-dealer, soft dollars (8.E)
- compensates persons for client referrals (8.G.1)
- compensates non-employees for client referrals (8.G.2)
- a related person has custody of client cash (9.B.1.a)
- a related person has custody of client securities (9.B.1.b)
- an independent public accountant performs a surprise examination (9.C.1)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
- High-net-worth individuals$215M59%
- Individuals$141M39%
- Charitable organizations$6.6M1.8%
- Individual clients
- 422reported
- HNW clients
- 111reported
- Pension plan clients
- n/areported
- Charitable clients
- n/areported
- Accounts
- 1,737reported
- Financial planning clients
- 26-50reported
- Wrap fee programs
- $0 sponsored, $0 managedreported
- Custody of client assets
- noreported
- Compensation
- % of AUM, fixed, hourlyreported
- Class basis
- private_client_share=0.98 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.02 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=0.0derived
Advisors registered through the firm
3 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
| Name | Branch | Here since | In industry | Prior firms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Clayton Garner | Akron, Oh | Sep 6, 2018 | 10 y | 1 |
| Thomas Michael Presper | Akron, Oh | Sep 6, 2018 | 27 y | 2 |
| Wayne SalsburyCertified Financial Planner | Akron, Oh | Feb 12, 2025 | 19 y | 5 |
Advisor movement
0 left, 0 joined in 12 months
net 0 in 12 months0 left in 90 days0 joined in 90 daysdeparture rate 0.0% of current headcount0 left over 36 months
Left, latest
none on the tape
Joined, latest
- Wayne Salsbury from SeiaFeb 12, 2025 · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to independent RIA
- Thomas Michael Presper from Cetera Advisors LLCSep 6, 2018 · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to a newly registered adviser
- Daniel Clayton Garner from Cetera Advisors LLCSep 6, 2018 · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to a newly registered adviser
Teams: two or more advisors moving together within fourteen days, from one state
- 2 joined from Cetera Advisors LLCAug 31, 2018 · Akron, Oh
Private funds
No private fund reported.
Owners and control persons
Schedule A and B, latest filing
- Denise Sonya Presper · Membercontrolsince 06/2018 · owns 50% to 75%
- Michael Thomas Presper · Managing Membercontrolsince 06/2018 · owns 50% to 75%
- Marie Lisa Lafond · Ccosince 10/2022 · owns less than 5%
Related persons
Schedule D 7.A
No related person reported.
Office movement
IAPD branch city; joins and departures in 12 months
| Office | Advisors | Joined | Left | Teams out | Forming |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akron, Oh · principal | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Offices
Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
- North Canton, OH2 employees
ADV anomalies
1 against comparable advisers; where to look, not conclusions
- HNW share shiftChange between filings · filing Feb 23, 2026HNW share of RAUM moved from 24.0% to 59.0% between the annual amendments of 2025-02-25 and 2026-02-23peers: independent wealth managers, $100M to $500M (5,676)
What changed
consecutive filings, newest first
- Financial planning clients · 26-50 to 26-50Feb 23, 2026 to Sep 14, 2026
- Succession · false to unsetFeb 23, 2026 to Sep 14, 2026
- Accounts · 1,657 to 1,737Feb 25, 2025 to Feb 23, 2026
- HNW clients · 39 to 111Feb 25, 2025 to Feb 23, 2026
- Individual clients · 495 to 422Feb 25, 2025 to Feb 23, 2026
- Employees · 9 to 10Feb 25, 2025 to Feb 23, 2026
- Discretionary RAUM · $317M to $363MFeb 25, 2025 to Feb 23, 2026
- HNW RAUM · $77.1M to $215MFeb 25, 2025 to Feb 23, 2026
- Individual RAUM · $234M to $141MFeb 25, 2025 to Feb 23, 2026
- RAUM · $317M to $363MFeb 25, 2025 to Feb 23, 2026
- Accounts · 1,898 to 1,657Oct 9, 2024 to Feb 25, 2025
- Advisory employees · 2 to 3Oct 9, 2024 to Feb 25, 2025
- HNW clients · 22 to 39Oct 9, 2024 to Feb 25, 2025
- Individual clients · 583 to 495Oct 9, 2024 to Feb 25, 2025
- Employees · 8 to 9Oct 9, 2024 to Feb 25, 2025
- Financial planning clients · 26-50 to 26-50Oct 9, 2024 to Feb 25, 2025
- State-registered IARs · 2 to 3Oct 9, 2024 to Feb 25, 2025
- Discretionary RAUM · $289M to $317MOct 9, 2024 to Feb 25, 2025
- HNW RAUM · $49.9M to $77.1MOct 9, 2024 to Feb 25, 2025
- Individual RAUM · $235M to $234MOct 9, 2024 to Feb 25, 2025
- RAUM · $289M to $317MOct 9, 2024 to Feb 25, 2025
- Accounts · 1,819 to 1,898Oct 5, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
- Charity clients · 5.0 to unsetOct 5, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
- HNW clients · 136 to 22Oct 5, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
- Individual clients · 543 to 583Oct 5, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
- Employees · 10 to 8Oct 5, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
- Discretionary RAUM · $260M to $289MOct 5, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
- HNW RAUM · $122M to $49.9MOct 5, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
- Individual RAUM · $133M to $235MOct 5, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
- Non-discretionary RAUM · $3.0M to $0Oct 5, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
- Pension RAUM · 2337105.0 to unsetOct 5, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
- RAUM · $263M to $289MOct 5, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
- Accounts · 1,381 to 1,819Mar 10, 2022 to Mar 20, 2023
- Charity clients · unset to 5.0Mar 10, 2022 to Mar 20, 2023
- HNW clients · 71 to 136Mar 10, 2022 to Mar 20, 2023
- Individual clients · 487 to 543Mar 10, 2022 to Mar 20, 2023
- Financial planning clients · 51-100 to 26-50Mar 10, 2022 to Mar 20, 2023
- Discretionary RAUM · $261M to $260MMar 10, 2022 to Mar 20, 2023
- HNW RAUM · $129M to $122MMar 10, 2022 to Mar 20, 2023
- Individual RAUM · $131M to $133MMar 10, 2022 to Mar 20, 2023
Signals
1 dated events
- Prospero Financial filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)Jul 2, 2018 · First SEC registration · fact
Across DFX
shared identifiers only, never a name match
No identifier-backed link to the venture, private equity, family office or sponsor graphs.
How to reach
public business contact points only, each with its source
- Business email
- hello@presperfinancial.comreportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
- Business email
- amy@presperfinancial.comreportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
- Business email
- candice@presperfinancial.comreportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
- Business email
- cindy@presperfinancial.comreportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
- Business email
- dan@presperfinancial.comreportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
- Business email
- dave@presperfinancial.comreportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
- Business email
- madeline@presperfinancial.comreportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
- Business email
- tom@presperfinancial.comreportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
- Business email
- alexa@presperfinancial.comreportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
- Business phone
- 330-253-6000reportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
- Business phone
- 330-374-1161reportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
- Firm profile
- linkedin.com/company/presper-financial-architectsreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 18, 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
- Independent wealth managerderiveda rule over Items 5.D and 7.A
- RAUM per advisor
- $121Mderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
- Loaded
- Sep 14, 2026