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Wealth Architects, LLC

Mountain View, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 135373

Filed as WEALTH ARCHITECTS, LLC

Wealth Architects, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Mountain View, CA, registered since 2005, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

21 years
registered since 2005
$2,415,227,160
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Wealth Architects, LLC compensated?

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

Where is Wealth Architects, LLC located?

Wealth Architects, LLC's principal office is in Mountain View, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Wealth Architects, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Wealth Architects, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2005. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 135373.

How much does Wealth Architects, LLC manage?

Wealth Architects, LLC reports $2,415,227,160 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (90% discretionary).

How have Wealth Architects, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Wealth Architects, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $1,341,101,818 in the October 2021 data and $2,415,227,160 in the October 2026 data, up 80%. Total employees: 19 in October 2021 and 23 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Wealth Architects, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (356); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (77); charitable organizations (3).

Which custodians does Wealth Architects, LLC use?

Wealth Architects, 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 Wealth Architects, LLC 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/135373

What changed in Wealth Architects, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $2,041,852,281 to $2,415,227,160 (+18%).

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

See the firm's brochure (dated March 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$2,415,227,160

$2,415,227,160 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $2,181,789,675.Non-discretionary: $233,437,485.

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 77 Assets $19,033,261 (1%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 356 Assets $2,352,495,631 (97%)
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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 3 Assets $43,249,902 (2%)
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 1 Assets $448,366 (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
  • 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)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2005 (21 years)
Employees
Total: 23. Performing investment advisory functions: 13.
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
5 states or jurisdictions
CAFLORTXWA

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
$1.34B 2021 $1.65B 2022 $1.49B 2023 $1.78B 2024 $2.04B 2025 $2.42B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$2,415,227,16023March 30, 2026
October 2025$2,041,852,28123March 27, 2025
October 2024$1,778,292,71223March 6, 2024
October 2023$1,486,019,11122September 6, 2023
October 2022$1,652,392,69017March 30, 2022
October 2021$1,341,101,81819March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,341,101,818 in the October 2021 data and $2,415,227,160 in the October 2026 data, up 80%.

Total employees: 19 in October 2021 and 23 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
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $2,041,852,281 to $2,415,227,160 (+18%).

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
wealtharchitects.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. Wealth Architects, LLC (CRD 135373): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/wealth-architects-llc-mountain-view-ca-135373