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Parthenon LLC

Louisville, KYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 107794

Filed as PARTHENON LLC

Parthenon LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Louisville, KY, registered since 1999, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated January 21, 2026.

27 years
registered since 1999
$1,217,505,630
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Parthenon LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Parthenon LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

Where is Parthenon LLC located?

Parthenon LLC's principal office is in Louisville, KY, according to its Form ADV.

Is Parthenon LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Parthenon LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1999. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 107794.

How much does Parthenon LLC manage?

Parthenon LLC reports $1,217,505,630 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated January 21, 2026 (99% discretionary).

How have Parthenon LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Parthenon LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $858,156,910 in the October 2021 data and $1,217,505,630 in the October 2026 data, up 42%. Total employees: 7 in October 2021 and 7 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Parthenon LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (219); charitable organizations (10); corporations or other businesses not listed above (9).

Which custodians does Parthenon LLC use?

Parthenon LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Parthenon LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation). 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 SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/107794

Does Parthenon LLC state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated January 21, 2026 says: "Our minimum account size is $1 million, however we reserve the right to accept a lesser amount ."

What changed in Parthenon LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the February 2026 filing data: Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 1 yes answer, previously 0 (now yes: 11.D(2)).

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
  • Performance-based fees

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

Account minimum: $1,000,000

The brochure's wording
Our minimum account size is $1 million, however we reserve the right to accept a lesser amount .

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated January 21, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,217,505,630

$1,217,505,630 as of October 2026, filing dated January 21, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,201,579,178.Non-discretionary: $15,926,452.

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
High net worth individuals
Clients 219 Assets $1,073,248,564 (88%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 1 Assets $17,808,982 (1%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 4 Assets $18,866,575 (2%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 10 Assets $40,714,675 (3%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 9 Assets $66,866,834 (5%)

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 individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1999 (27 years)
Employees
Total: 7. Performing investment advisory functions: 5.
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
4 states or jurisdictions
INKYOHTX

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

Disclosures

Item 11

1 Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 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?

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. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$858M 2021 $1B 2022 $860M 2023 $994M 2024 $1.12B 2025 $1.22B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,217,505,6307January 21, 2026
October 2025$1,120,457,8507January 24, 2025
October 2024$993,899,2557August 20, 2024
October 2023$859,633,4347January 26, 2023
October 2022$1,003,207,0907August 24, 2022
October 2021$858,156,9107February 10, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $858,156,910 in the October 2021 data and $1,217,505,630 in the October 2026 data, up 42%.

Total employees: 7 in October 2021 and 7 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. February 2026
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 1 yes answer, previously 0 (now yes: 11.D(2)).

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
parthenonllc.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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AdvisorCensus. Parthenon LLC (CRD 107794): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/parthenon-llc-louisville-ky-107794