Amrish Navnitbhai Patel

Employer firm

Independent Financial Group, LLC CRD 7717

$12.9B regulatory AUM 301 advisory clients

Reported services (Item 5G)

• Financial planning
• Portfolio management (individuals)
• Portfolio management (institutions)
• Pension consulting
• Selection of other advisers

From the firm’s Form ADV. Read the guides:

• Item 5F — Regulatory AUM
• Item 5G — Advisory services
• Full firm profile

Current Employers

Employment History

• 10/2015 → 03/2017
  Metlife Securities
  Tempe, AZ
• 03/2017 → 07/2018
  Mml Investors Services, Llc
  Tempe, AZ
• 07/2016 → 07/2018
  Massmutual Life Insurance Company
  Tempe, AZ
• 07/2018 → Present
  Independent Financial Group
  Chandler, AZ

Previous Registrations

• 2017-03-25 → 2018-07-26
  Mml Investors Services, Llc
  Tempe, AZ
• 2015-10-23 → 2017-03-25
  Msi Financial Services, Inc.
  Tempe, AZ
• 2006-07-11 → 2015-10-23
  Securities America Advisors, Inc.
  Chandler, AZ
  Chandler, AZ
  Phoenix, AZ
  Chandler, AZ
  Mesa, AZ
• 2002-02-22 → 2006-07-07
  Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
  Phoenix, AZ
  Phoenix, AZ

Other Businesses

(1) PATEL WEALTH MANAGEMENT POSITION: Officer/Director NATURE: DBA Name for Marketing Purposes Only INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 200 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 168 START DATE: 06/29/2006 ADDRESS: 8777 N. Gainey Center Dr. Suite : 161, Scottsdale AZ 85258 DESCRIPTION: OWNER OF PATEL WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC DBA GLOBAL WEALTH STRATEGIES OFFERING INSURANCE, BROKERAGE AND ADVISORY SERVICES (2) AGUILA REALTY LLC POSITION: one of the member NATURE: Real Estate Sales/Rental Properties/Property Management INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 02/18/2005 ADDRESS: 1802 W Lynx Way,, Chandler AZ 85248 DESCRIPTION: PARTIAL OWNER OF VACANT LAND INVESTMENT (3) GWS ADVISORS, LLC POSITION: Officer/Director NATURE: Consulting Services INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 4 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 2 START DATE: 09/12/2013 ADDRESS: 1802 W LYNX WAY, CHANDLER AZ 85248 DESCRIPTION: OWNER OF GWS ADVISORS, LLC OFFERING PRIVATE CONSULTING AND BUSINESS COACHING, College Planning and Finding: Provide consulting for the preparation for college selection, admission and funding the educational expenses. TAX optimization: Work with clients and their professionals to review and optimize strategies for taxes using financial services as well as business strategies. Estate Planning: Define the need to address the family wealth management to manager, protect and transfer wealth through appropriate titling of assets. (4) TRUST PROTECTOR POSITION: Trust Protector NATURE: Acting as a Trustee INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 0 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 09/01/2013 ADDRESS: 8777 N. Gainey Center Dr. Suite : 161, Scottsdale AZ 85258, United States DESCRIPTION: ACTING AS TRUST PROTECTOR. (5) ISHANA MANAGEMENT COMPANY POSITION: owner NATURE: Other: INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 1 START DATE: 05/01/2009 ADDRESS: 1802 W Lynx Way, Chandler AZ 85248, United States DESCRIPTION: 50% OWNER OF ISHANA MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC, A MANAGEMENT ENTITY FOR FAMILY ESTATE PLANNING planning (6) DHISHANA VENTURES LP POSITION: Family Holding company as part of the estate planning. NATURE: Other: INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 2 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 05/01/2009 ADDRESS: 1802 W Lynx Way, Chandler AZ 85248, United States DESCRIPTION: 49.5% OWNER OF DHISHANA VENTURES L.P., A FAMILY HOLDING COMPANY FOR ESTATE PLANNING (7) NAMAH REALTY LLC POSITION: Officer/Director NATURE: Real Estate Sales/Rental Properties/Property Management INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 1 START DATE: 07/02/2008 ADDRESS: HOME ADDRESS OF RECORD. DESCRIPTION: OWNER OF NAMAH REALTY, LLC, AN OFFICE CONDO RENTAL PROPERTY SINCE 8/1/2016. INVESTMENT RELATED. APPROXIMATELY <1 % TIME SPENT (8) GWS TAX FACTS, LLC POSITION: Business Tax Strategist NATURE: Tax Preparation/Accounting/Bookkeeping/CPA INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 5 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 2 START DATE: 03/15/2021 ADDRESS: 4425 E. Agave Road, Ste 117, Phoenix AZ 85044, United States DESCRIPTION: 50% OWNER OF GWS Tax FACTS,LLC consulting customers on business and tax strategies. Business entity consulting and organization using CorpNet, Inc. (9) SANDSTONE VENTURE PARTNERS, LLC POSITION: Manager NATURE: Other: INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 1 START DATE: 07/18/2025 ADDRESS: 1802 W. Lynx Way, Chandler AZ 85248, United States DESCRIPTION: Work with the family members to passively manage investments, (10) SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE FOR IMMEDIATE FAMILY TRUST POSITION: Successor Trustee only after both grantors pass away. NATURE: Successor Trustee. Investment Related: NUMBER OF HOURS: 0 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 02/18/2026 ADDRESS: 1802 W. Lynx Way, Chandler AZ 85258, United States DESCRIPTION: Grantors: Dr Arun Patel (83 yrs) and Sukhada Patel (83 yrs) Successor Trustees: Neeta Sanjay Patel, Rupal Patel, Amrish Patel.

Exams

• S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
  2001-12-03

Other Names

• Amrish N Patel