William Jay Meland

Current Employers

Employment History

• 01/2004 → 01/2025
  Pillar Wealth Management Co.
  Madison, WI
• 01/2025 → Present
  Merit Financial Advisors
  Alpharetta, GA

Previous Registrations

• 2002-01-22 → 2025-01-24
  Pillar Wealth Management Co.
  Madison, WI
  Madison, WI

Other Businesses

1. Pillar Wealth Management; Investment-related; 19660 Barrett Court, Brookfield, WI 53045; Principal; 01/24/2025; 0 hours monthly and during securities trading hours; Pillar Wealth Management Co. "PWM" was a Registered Investment Advisor. PWM became a continuing business without employees "EE" on 01-24-2025. Assets of PWM were sold to Merit Financial Group, LLC "MFG", and all prior EE of PWM became EE of MFG effective 01-24-2025. PWM will be a continuing business without EE until the final asset purchase payment is made in 2027. The business activity of PWM will cease after all PWM/MFG sales transactions are finalized, likely also during 2027. 2. Pillar Financial Strategies, LLC; Investment-Related; 2423 County Rd E, Mt. Horeb, WI 53572; Pillar Financial Strategies, LLC is a business that was used for fixed annuities, fixed indexed annuities, and fixed life insurance. No broker/dealer affiliation; Principal; 01/24/2025; 0 hours monthly and during securities trading hours; Pillar Financial Strategies, LLC was sold to Merit Financial Advisors on 1/24/2025. The business is open, no business is being run through it. There is a checking account open for this business at a local bank and the account will be trued up with Merit Financial Advisors very soon.

Exams

• S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
  2001-03-27
• S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
  1993-04-28

Other Names

• Bill Meland