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Tortuga Wealth Management

Torrance, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 153737

Filed as TORTUGA WEALTH MANAGEMENT · Legal name Tortuga Wealth Management, Inc.

Tortuga Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Torrance, CA, registered since 2022, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 13, 2026.

4 years
registered since 2022
$222,882,492
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Tortuga Wealth Management compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Tortuga Wealth Management reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Tortuga Wealth Management located?

Tortuga Wealth Management's principal office is in Torrance, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Tortuga Wealth Management registered with the SEC or a state?

Tortuga Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2022. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 153737.

How much does Tortuga Wealth Management manage?

Tortuga Wealth Management reports $222,882,492 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 13, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Tortuga Wealth Management's assets and staff changed since 2022?

In the Form ADV data for Tortuga Wealth Management: Regulatory assets under management: $109,000,000 in the October 2022 data and $222,882,492 in the October 2026 data, up 104%. Total employees: 4 in October 2022 and 4 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Tortuga Wealth Management serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (354); corporations or other businesses not listed above (4).

Which custodians does Tortuga Wealth Management use?

Tortuga Wealth Management's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists LPL Financial LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Tortuga Wealth 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/153737

What changed in Tortuga Wealth Management's recent Form ADV filings?

In the March 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $156,006,704 to $222,882,492 (+43%). Registered or notice-filed in AZ, VA.

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
  • Hourly charges
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription 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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated February 13, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$222,882,492

$222,882,492 as of October 2026, filing dated February 13, 2026.

Discretionary: $222,882,492.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
High net worth individuals
Clients 354 Assets $221,594,116 (99%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 4 Assets $1,288,376 (1%)

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
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Tortuga Wealth Management, Inc.
Also doing business as
TORTUGA WEALTH MANAGEMENT
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2022 (4 years)
Employees
Total: 4. Performing investment advisory functions: 4.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
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
6 states or jurisdictions
AZCAILLATXVA

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
$109M 2022 $101M 2023 $137M 2024 $156M 2025 $223M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$222,882,4924February 13, 2026
October 2025$156,006,7044February 4, 2025
October 2024$136,873,4824March 25, 2024
October 2023$101,314,3934March 8, 2023
October 2022$109,000,0004March 23, 2022

Regulatory assets under management: $109,000,000 in the October 2022 data and $222,882,492 in the October 2026 data, up 104%.

Total employees: 4 in October 2022 and 4 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. March 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $156,006,704 to $222,882,492 (+43%).
    • Registered or notice-filed in AZ, VA.

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
tortugawealth.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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