# GAO Investments

> GAO Investments is a state-registered investment advisory firm in Las Vegas, NV, registered since 2022, reporting under $25 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 26, 2025.

- CRD: 284665
- Filed as: GAO INVESTMENTS
- Legal name: GAO Management LLC
- Registration: State-registered investment adviser (status as filed: APPROVED)
- Location: Las Vegas, NV
- Filing period: October 2026
- Form ADV filing dated: February 26, 2025
- Public record (IAPD): https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/284665
- AdvisorCensus page: https://advisorcensus.com/firm/gao-investments-las-vegas-nv-284665

## Quick answers

**How is GAO Investments compensated?**
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), GAO Investments reports these compensation arrangements: performance-based fees. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

**Where is GAO Investments located?**
GAO Investments' principal office is in Las Vegas, NV, according to its Form ADV.

**Is GAO Investments registered with the SEC or a state?**
GAO Investments is a state-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2022. Status as filed: APPROVED. CRD 284665.

**How much does GAO Investments manage?**
GAO Investments reports $0 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 26, 2025.

**How have GAO Investments' assets and staff changed since 2021?**
In the Form ADV data for GAO Investments: Regulatory assets under management: $409,391 in the October 2021 data and $0 in the October 2026 data, down 100%. Total employees: 1 in October 2021 and 1 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

**Does GAO Investments report any disciplinary disclosures?**
Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation) and 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's public record on IAPD: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/284665

## From the Form ADV filing

### Compensation (Item 5.E)
- Performance-based fees

### Regulatory assets under management (Item 5.F)
- Total: $0
- Discretionary: $0
- Non-discretionary: $0

### Advisory services (Item 5.G)
- Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses

### Firm details
- Registered since: 2022 (4 years)
- Employees: 1 total, 1 performing advisory functions
- Wrap fee program participation: No
- States registered or notice-filed: NV
- Disclosures (Item 11): Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11.

### Item 11 questions answered yes
- 11.D(2): Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
- 11.D(4): In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. The detail of each yes answer is on the firm's public record on IAPD: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/284665

### Websites listed on Form ADV (Item 1.I)
- gaoinvestments.com

## Assets and staff over time

| Data period | Regulatory assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| October 2021 | $409,391 | 1 | September 16, 2021 |
| October 2026 | $0 | 1 | February 26, 2025 |

Regulatory assets under management: $409,391 in the October 2021 data and $0 in the October 2026 data, down 100%.
Total employees: 1 in October 2021 and 1 in October 2026.

## Source

Form ADV as filed, October 2026. Values appear as filed. Cite as: AdvisorCensus. GAO Investments (CRD 284665): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.