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Dorsey Asset Management

Chicago, ILSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 169056

Filed as DORSEY ASSET MANAGEMENT · Legal name Dorsey Asset Management LLC

Dorsey Asset Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Chicago, IL, registered since 2015, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 24, 2026.

11 years
registered since 2015
$1,445,270,658
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Dorsey Asset Management compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Dorsey Asset Management reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

Where is Dorsey Asset Management located?

Dorsey Asset Management's principal office is in Chicago, IL, according to its Form ADV.

Is Dorsey Asset Management registered with the SEC or a state?

Dorsey Asset Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2015. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 169056.

How much does Dorsey Asset Management manage?

Dorsey Asset Management reports $1,445,270,658 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 24, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Dorsey Asset Management's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Dorsey Asset Management: Regulatory assets under management: $1,324,758,362 in the October 2021 data and $1,445,270,658 in the October 2026 data, up 9%. Total employees: 6 in October 2021 and 10 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Dorsey Asset Management serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: charitable organizations (5); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (3); high net worth individuals (1).

Which custodians does Dorsey Asset Management use?

Dorsey Asset Management's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC and Northern Trust Securities, Inc. as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Dorsey Asset Management report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/169056

What changed in Dorsey Asset Management's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 6 to 8. Regulatory assets under management went from $1,290,328,450 to $1,445,270,658 (+12%).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 24, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,445,270,658

$1,445,270,658 as of October 2026, filing dated March 24, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,445,270,658.Non-discretionary: $0.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 1 Assets $15,134,530 (1%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 3 Assets $860,894,458 (60%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 5 Assets $569,241,670 (39%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Dorsey Asset Management LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2015 (11 years)
Employees
Total: 10. Performing investment advisory functions: 8.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
IL

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$1.32B 2021 $1.3B 2022 $1B 2023 $1.11B 2024 $1.29B 2025 $1.45B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,445,270,65810March 24, 2026
October 2025$1,290,328,4508March 28, 2025
October 2024$1,113,609,4807March 22, 2024
October 2023$1,002,526,9457March 29, 2023
October 2022$1,296,956,5385March 23, 2022
October 2021$1,324,758,3626March 24, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,324,758,362 in the October 2021 data and $1,445,270,658 in the October 2026 data, up 9%.

Total employees: 6 in October 2021 and 10 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 6 to 8.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $1,290,328,450 to $1,445,270,658 (+12%).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
dorseyasset.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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https://advisorcensus.com/firm/dorsey-asset-management-chicago-il-169056