# Wealth Creation Advisory

> Wealth Creation Advisory is a state-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2025, reporting under $25 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 4, 2025.

- CRD: 334997
- Filed as: WEALTH CREATION ADVISORY
- Legal name: Smith, Gary, Clifford
- Registration: State-registered investment adviser (status as filed: APPROVED)
- Location: Registered in North Carolina
- Filing period: October 2026
- Form ADV filing dated: April 4, 2025
- Public record (IAPD): https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/334997
- AdvisorCensus page: https://advisorcensus.com/firm/wealth-creation-advisory-334997

## Quick answers

**How is Wealth Creation Advisory compensated?**
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Wealth Creation Advisory reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

**Is Wealth Creation Advisory registered with the SEC or a state?**
Wealth Creation Advisory is a state-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2025. Status as filed: APPROVED. CRD 334997.

**How much does Wealth Creation Advisory manage?**
Wealth Creation Advisory reports $0 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 4, 2025.

**Does Wealth Creation Advisory report any disciplinary disclosures?**
Reports 7 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 7 questions about regulatory matters (11.C(2), 11.C(4), 11.C(5), 11.D(2), 11.D(5), 11.E(2), 11.E(4)). 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/334997

## From the Form ADV filing

### Compensation (Item 5.E)
- A percentage of assets under your management

### 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: 2025 (1 year)
- Employees: 1 total, 1 performing advisory functions
- Wrap fee program participation: No
- States registered or notice-filed: NC
- Disclosures (Item 11): Reports 7 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11.

### Item 11 questions answered yes
- 11.C(2): Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
- 11.C(4): Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
- 11.C(5): Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?
- 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(5): Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever denied, suspended, or revoked the registration or license of the firm or an advisory affiliate, prevented either by order from associating with an investment-related business, or restricted either one's activity?
- 11.E(2): Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?
- 11.E(4): Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever disciplined the firm or an advisory affiliate by expelling or suspending it from membership, barring or suspending it from association with other members, or otherwise restricting its activities?

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/334997

## Source

Form ADV as filed, October 2026. Values appear as filed. Cite as: AdvisorCensus. Wealth Creation Advisory (CRD 334997): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.