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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

Strive Asset Management

Asset manager (funds and pooled vehicles)Dallas, TexasCRD 322039SEC 801-125907websiteIAPD
Legal name Strive Asset Management, LLC
Latest filing Jun 12, 2026
First filing on the tape May 18, 2022 · 25 filings
SEC status approved since Jun 21, 2022
RAUM
$2.4B
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
100%
of RAUM
Private clients
0.0%
$728,068 individuals and HNW
Advisors
0
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
33
3 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
0
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
25 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$2.4B as of Jun 12, 2026
Feb 24, 2023$523M then
HNW client RAUM$728,068 as of Jun 12, 2026
Mar 31, 2025$176M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)0 as of Jun 12, 2026
Feb 24, 20230 then
Employees (5.A)33 as of Jun 12, 2026
Feb 24, 202340 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +15% over the last fiscal year+66% a year over threeIARs 7 to 0offices 3 to 0
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Jun 12, 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
$158MderivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
100%derivedof RAUM
Institutional
0.0%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
+15%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
-100%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
unknownderived
Compensation
percentage of assetsreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
portfolio management for individuals, portfolio management for pooled vehicles, portfolio management for investment companiesreportedItem 5.G
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)
  • marketing includes hypothetical performance (5.L.3)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
  • Investment companies$2.4B100%
  • Pooled investment vehicles$1.6M0.1%
  • High-net-worth individuals$728,0680.0%
Individual clients
n/areported
HNW clients
n/areported
Pension plan clients
n/areported
Charitable clients
n/areported
Accounts
15reported
Financial planning clients
reported
Wrap fee programs
noreported
Custody of client assets
noreported
Compensation
% of AUMreported
Class basis
private_client_share=0.0 fund_share=1.0 institutional_share=0.0 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=5.0derived
Advisors registered through the firm
0 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
No representative is registered through this CRD on IAPD.
Advisor movement
2 left, 0 joined in 12 months
net -2 in 12 months0 left in 90 days0 joined in 90 days3 left over 36 months
Teams: two or more advisors moving together within fourteen days, from one state
    Private funds
    No private fund reported.
    Owners and control persons
    Schedule A and B, latest filing
    • Ryan Matthew Cole · Manager, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer, And Presidentcontrol
      since 02/2023 · owns less than 5%
    • Harrison Alexandra Gaiser · General Counselcontrol
      since 10/2023 · owns less than 5%
    • Lee Don Mcardle · Chief Compliance Officercontrol
      since 10/2023 · owns less than 5%
    • Bartley Benjamin Pham · Manager And Chief Operating Officercontrol
      since 05/2022 · owns less than 5%
    • Ganapathy Vivek Ramaswamy · Majority Shareholdercontrol
      since 01/2022 · owns 50% to 75% of Strive Enterprises, Inc
    Entity owners
    • Strive Enterprises, Inc · Sole Member
      direct · owns 75% or more
    Related persons
    Schedule D 7.A
    No related person reported.
    Office movement
    IAPD branch city; joins and departures in 12 months
    OfficeAdvisorsJoinedLeftTeams outForming
    Dallas, Tx · principal0021
    Offices
    Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
    • Santa Barbara, CA1 employees
    ADV anomalies
    3 against comparable advisers; where to look, not conclusions
    • account count collapseChange between filings · filing Mar 30, 2026
      accounts (Item 5.F.2.f) moved from 243.0 to 15.0 (-94.0%) between the annual amendments of 2025-03-31 and 2026-03-30; the peer median change was -2.0% (33 comparable advisers, 6.0th percentile of changes)
      peers: asset managers, $1B to $5B (33) · 6.3% percentile
    • advisor count dropChange between filings · filing Mar 30, 2026
      advisory representatives (Item 5.B.3) moved from 7.0 to 0.0 (-100.0%) between the annual amendments of 2025-03-31 and 2026-03-30; the peer median change was 0.0% (35 comparable advisers, 0.0th percentile of changes)
      peers: asset managers, $1B to $5B (35) · 0.0% percentile
    • office count dropChange between filings · filing Mar 30, 2026
      offices other than the principal office (Item 1.F.5) moved from 3.0 to 0.0 (-100.0%) between the annual amendments of 2025-03-31 and 2026-03-30; the peer median change was 0.0% (139 comparable advisers, 0.0th percentile of changes)
      peers: asset managers, $1B to $5B (139) · 0.0% percentile
    What changed
    consecutive filings, newest first
    • Advisory activities · 2 to 3
      Dec 18, 2025 to Mar 30, 2026
    • Advisory employees · 10 to 3
      Dec 18, 2025 to Mar 30, 2026
    • BD registered reps · 6 to 5
      Dec 18, 2025 to Mar 30, 2026
    • Assets in custody · 0.0 to unset
      Dec 18, 2025 to Mar 30, 2026
    • Employees · 31 to 33
      Dec 18, 2025 to Mar 30, 2026
    • State-registered IARs · 7 to 0
      Dec 18, 2025 to Mar 30, 2026
    • Discretionary RAUM · $2.4B to $2.4B
      Dec 18, 2025 to Mar 30, 2026
    • HNW RAUM · $427,150 to $728,068
      Dec 18, 2025 to Mar 30, 2026
    • Pooled vehicle RAUM · $1.5M to $1.6M
      Dec 18, 2025 to Mar 30, 2026
    • RAUM · $2.4B to $2.4B
      Dec 18, 2025 to Mar 30, 2026
    • Related adviser · true to false
      Dec 18, 2025 to Mar 30, 2026
    • Accounts · 243 to 15
      May 27, 2025 to Oct 17, 2025
    • Advisory activities · 5 to 2
      May 27, 2025 to Oct 17, 2025
    • HNW clients · 32.0 to unset
      May 27, 2025 to Oct 17, 2025
    • Financial planning clients · 26-50 to
      May 27, 2025 to Oct 17, 2025
    • Other offices · 3 to 0
      May 27, 2025 to Oct 17, 2025
    • Discretionary RAUM · $2.1B to $2.4B
      May 27, 2025 to Oct 17, 2025
    • HNW RAUM · $176M to $427,150
      May 27, 2025 to Oct 17, 2025
    • Individual RAUM · 2644726.0 to unset
      May 27, 2025 to Oct 17, 2025
    • Pooled vehicle RAUM · $325,606 to $1.5M
      May 27, 2025 to Oct 17, 2025
    • RAUM · $2.1B to $2.4B
      May 27, 2025 to Oct 17, 2025
    • Financial planning clients · 26-50 to 26-50
      Mar 31, 2025 to May 27, 2025
    • Accounts · 12 to 243
      Jan 17, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
    • Advisory employees · 4 to 10
      Jan 17, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
    • Advisory activities · 2 to 5
      Jan 17, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
    • BD registered reps · 11 to 6
      Jan 17, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
    • HNW clients · unset to 32.0
      Jan 17, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
    • Employees · 45 to 31
      Jan 17, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
    • Financial planning clients · 0 to 26-50
      Jan 17, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
    • HQ city · DUBLIN to DALLAS
      Jan 17, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
    • HQ state · OH to TX
      Jan 17, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
    • Other offices · 2 to 3
      Jan 17, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
    • Discretionary RAUM · $1.1B to $2.1B
      Jan 17, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
    • HNW RAUM · unset to 175946033.0
      Jan 17, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
    • Individual RAUM · unset to 2644726.0
      Jan 17, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
    • Pooled vehicle RAUM · $0 to $325,606
      Jan 17, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
    • RAUM · $1.1B to $2.1B
      Jan 17, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
    • Other offices · 1 to 2
      Nov 11, 2024 to Jan 17, 2025
    • Other offices · 0 to 1
      Oct 31, 2024 to Nov 11, 2024
    • BD registered reps · 9 to 11
      Mar 28, 2024 to Mar 29, 2024
    Signals
    17 dated events
    • John Desmond Bell left Strive Asset Management for Thryve Wealth Management (registered 2025-10-17)
      Oct 10, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Gary Keith Dorfman left Strive Asset Management for Thryve Wealth Management (registered 2025-10-16)
      Oct 10, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • 2 advisors left Strive Asset Management (Dallas, TX) for Thryve Wealth Management on the same day
      Oct 10, 2025 · Team lift-out · derived
    • Strive Asset Management reported RAUM $2.1B, up 91% from $1.1B (2025-01-17 to 2025-03-31)
      Mar 31, 2025 · RAUM change · derived
    • Benjamin Anthony Menconi left Strive Asset Management for Polen Capital Management, Llc (registered 2024-09-12)
      Aug 28, 2024 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Strive Asset Management reported RAUM $1.1B, up 63% from $663.3M (2024-01-10 to 2024-03-28)
      Mar 28, 2024 · RAUM change · derived
    • Lee Don Mcardle (Chief Compliance Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Strive Asset Management
      Oct 9, 2023 · Control person joined · fact
    • Harrison Alexandra Gaiser (General Counsel) appeared on Schedule A of Strive Asset Management
      Oct 9, 2023 · Control person joined · fact
    • Garfield Robert Roach (Chief Compliance Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Strive Asset Management (listed 2023-09-20, absent 2023-10-09)
      Oct 9, 2023 · Control person left · inference
    • Daniel Anson Frericks (Co-Founder & President) no longer on Schedule A of Strive Asset Management (listed 2023-06-15, absent 2023-08-23)
      Aug 23, 2023 · Control person left · inference
    • Glen Justin Danhof (Head Of Corporate Governance) no longer on Schedule A of Strive Asset Management (listed 2023-06-15, absent 2023-08-23)
      Aug 23, 2023 · Control person left · inference
    • Kunjummen Rachel Paulose (General Counsel) no longer on Schedule A of Strive Asset Management (listed 2023-06-15, absent 2023-08-23)
      Aug 23, 2023 · Control person left · inference
    • Strive Asset Management reported RAUM $663.3M, up 27% from $522.8M (2023-02-27 to 2023-05-19)
      May 19, 2023 · RAUM change · derived
    • Garfield Robert Roach (Chief Compliance Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Strive Asset Management
      May 19, 2023 · Control person joined · fact
    • Strive Asset Management reported RAUM $522.8M, up 60% from $327.1M (2022-10-26 to 2023-02-24)
      Feb 24, 2023 · RAUM change · derived
    • Kunjummen Rachel Paulose (Chief Compliance Officer, General Counsel) appeared on Schedule A of Strive Asset Management
      Sep 15, 2022 · Control person joined · fact
    • Strive Asset Management filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
      May 18, 2022 · 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
    Firm profile
    linkedin.com/company/striveassetmanagementreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
    Website
    striveassetmanagement.comreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
    Principal office phone
    872-270-5406reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Jun 12, 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