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Gradient Capital Advisors, Llc

SEC-registered Wealth Manager · Small ($100M–$1B) CRD 168912 · SEC file 801-78917 · San Diego, CA · WWW.GRADIENTCAPITAL.COM
☆ Save with Pro ADV data as of Feb 26, 2026
Regulatory AUM
$742M
Discretionary
$648M
Clients
478
Avg AUM / client
$1.6M
Accounts
1,548
Employees
7

AUM over time

$0 $742M
Dec 3, 2013 Feb 26, 2026

Reported AUM from Form ADV filings, plotted by filing date · as of Feb 26, 2026

Who they serve

Client typeClientsAUM% of AUM
Individuals (non-high net worth) 205 $65.3M 8.79%
High net worth individuals 257 $655M 88.2%
Pension and profit sharing plans 8 $13.5M 1.82%
Charitable organizations 2 $6.1M 0.82%
Corporations and other businesses 6 $2.6M 0.36%

People (5)

roster as of Jul 20, 2026
NameRole / titleCredentialsWith firm sinceOwnership
Eric Eugene Simms Senior Partner Jan 2014 (13y) 25% – 50%
Rodney Allen Simms Senior Partner CFP Chartered Financial Consultant Jan 2014 (13y) 50% – 75%
Timothy Akira Sagawa Senior Partner And Chief Compliance Officer CFP CFA Jan 2014 (13y) 10% – 25%
Eric Hans Yeager Registered representative CFP May 2015 (11y)
Trevor Shaw Registered representative CFP Apr 2021 (5y)

Undisclosed: 0% – 15% of the firm is not attributable from the filed Schedule A bands.

Roster from the IAPD representatives feed; ownership and acquisition dates from Form ADV Schedule A/B. "Since" is the earliest filed registration or acquisition date.

Documents (1 archived)

FormPeriodSize
Form ADV (full filing) 02/26/2026 897 KB View · PDF · Source ↗

Archived copies of the firm's regulatory filings, versioned by content hash.

Disciplinary disclosures

No disciplinary events reported on the firm's latest Form ADV filing.

How they charge

  • Percentage of assets under management
  • Hourly charges
  • Fixed fees

Services

  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals/small businesses
  • Portfolio management for businesses/institutional clients
  • Pension consulting services

Custody

Reported custodians

Amounts as reported in ADV Item 5.K.(3) (custodians holding 10%+ of SMA assets).

Firm reports having custody of client funds or securities (Item 9.A).

Source

All data on this page comes from this firm's Form ADV filings, reproduced without modification. Latest filing: Feb 26, 2026.

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