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Fortress Private Ledger, Llc

SEC-registered Insurance-Affiliated · Small ($100M–$1B) CRD 290298 · SEC file 801-118075 · Raleigh, NC · myept.com
☆ Save with Pro ADV data as of Mar 31, 2026
Regulatory AUM
$584M
Discretionary
$571M
Clients
704
Avg AUM / client
$830K
Accounts
1,528
Employees
22

AUM over time

$99.4M $584M
Dec 2019 Dec 2025

Annual snapshots from Form ADV filings · as of Mar 31, 2026

Who they serve

Client typeClientsAUM% of AUM
Individuals (non-high net worth) 583 $213M 36.4%
High net worth individuals 98 $260M 44.5%
Pension and profit sharing plans 10 $99.3M 17.0%
Corporations and other businesses 13 $11.9M 2.05%

People (20)

roster as of Jul 20, 2026
NameRole / titleCredentialsWith firm sinceOwnership
Joseph Nicholas Grabar Ceo/Cco/Trustee CFP Nov 2017 (9y) Less than 5%
Carter, Ana R Finop/Cfo/Pfo/Poo Apr 2018 (8y) Less than 5%
Christopher Joseph Gure Owner Aug 2018 (8y) 25% – 50%
William John Zimmer Registered representative Nov 2018 (8y)
Michael Richard Hemmerich Registered representative Jul 2019 (7y)
Kent Gravely Registered representative CFP Aug 2019 (7y)
Kyle J Roth Registered representative Sep 2019 (7y)
Jill I Homan Registered representative Mar 2021 (5y)
David Harold Grubbs Registered representative CFP Chartered Financial Consultant Jan 2022 (5y)
Douglas Theodore Carpenter Registered representative CFA Mar 2022 (4y)
Earl Scott Butcher Registered representative Sep 2023 (3y)
Adam Lawrence Smith Registered representative Jun 2024 (2y)
Kevin Grant Brown Registered representative CFP Jul 2024 (2y)
David Jeffrey Herman Registered representative Sep 2024 (2y)
William Dean Cotton Registered representative Nov 2024 (2y)
Michael Joseph Noppinger Registered representative Jun 2025 (1y)
Jay David Mckinney Registered representative Jan 2026 (1y)
Brandon Alan Walls Registered representative Feb 2026 (0y)
Kristopher Alexander Roper Registered representative CFP Jun 2026 (0y)
David Lewis Monk Registered representative Jun 2026 (0y)

Entity owners (Schedule A/B)

EntityTitle / statusSinceSch.Ownership
The Joseph N. Grabar, Iii Revocable Trust Dated May 14, 2004 Owner Nov 2017 A 50% – 75%

Undisclosed: 0% – 25% 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) 03/31/2026 1.17 MB 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
  • Performance-based fees

Services

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

Custody

Reported custodians

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

Firm reports it does not have 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: Mar 31, 2026.

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