Steven Michael Ayer

Employer firm

Hightower Advisors, LLC CRD 145323

$199B regulatory AUM 500 advisory clients

Reported services (Item 5G)

• Financial planning
• Portfolio management (individuals)
• Portfolio management (pooled vehicles)
• 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

• 02/2010 → Present
  Hightower Advisors Llc
  Chicago, IL

Previous Registrations

• 2010-02-12 → 2019-12-31
  Hightower Advisors, Llc
  Rye, NY
  Harrison, NY
• 2009-10-23 → 2010-03-12
  Morgan Stanley
  Purchase, NY
  Mystic, CT

Other Businesses

FC Dev 1, LLC; Investment Related - No; Norwich, CT; Start Date - 09/2025; Approximately 0 hours per month with 0 hours during securities trading hours; FC Dev 1, LLC is simply a subsidiary of FC Development, Corp. and will not have any functioning purpose beyond segregating businesses within FC Development, Corp. JULY 2011 - RADIO SHOW HOST, VOICEAMERICA, 4 HOURS PER MONTH DURING TRADING HOURS, 16 HOURS PER MONTH TOTAL. THE SHOW IS SECURITIES RELATED, AND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN NO NET COMPENSATION. JULY 2011 - COLUMNIST, DEBT FREE & WEALTHY, LOCATED IN WAYNE, IL, AT EBTFREEANDWEALTHY.COM. THE WEBSITE IS SECURITIES-RELATED GENERAL ADVICE. THE TIME COMMITTMENT IS TWO HOURS PER MONTH, NONE OF WHICH IS DURING TRADING HOURS. Farmers Cow Development Investment related. Board member and chairman of the board. Farmers Cow Development Corp. will be launched by the end of the month (approximately) & it will leverage the brand of Farmer's Cow (milk, eggs, ice cream, drinks) to begin franchising their existing store in Mansfield, CT. I have been networking with the owners of Farmer's Cow for some time and they want me involved in the new company. I will be offering strategic thought along with helping them put together a crowd-funding campaign to help fund their company to enable them to begin franchising their stores across the nation starting within 6 months. They will be hiring a CEO along with other management, so my role will simply be a strategic partner on the Board.Start date 01/21/2019. Time devoted 6 hours per month, 2 hours per month during securities trading hours.

Exams

• S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
  2009-10-22
• S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
  1994-11-04