Mark Aaron Benton

CRD 2080501 · Wells Fargo Advisors · La Jolla, CA

IA RegisteredBroker

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (4): SIESeries 7Series 66Series 63
Registered states (25): Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · District Of Columbia · Florida · Hawaii · Iowa · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Missouri · Nevada · New Mexico · New York · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · South Carolina · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Virginia · Washington · Wisconsin
Years in the industry (source record): 32
Professional designations: Not yet retrieved from the source record

Disclosures

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Current firm

From the firm record

Firm: Wells Fargo Advisors
Firm CRD: 19616
SEC number: 801-37967
Assets under management: $671.4B as of Jun 23, 2026
Website: www.twitter.com/WFINVESTING ↗
Phone: 314-875-3000
Firm location: St. Louis, MO, 63103-2205

Employment history (19)

From the source registration record · current first

Wells Fargo AdvisorsCurrent
La Jolla, CA · IA capacity

start not retrieved → present
Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLCCurrent
La Jolla, CA · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Atlas Securities, LLC
La Jolla, CA · BC capacity

Jul 14, 2004 → Feb 1, 2007
Securian Financial Services, Inc.
Newport Beach, CA · IA capacity

Nov 5, 2003 → Mar 29, 2004
Securian Financial Services, Inc.
St. Paul, MN · BC capacity

Nov 5, 2003 → Mar 29, 2004
Park Avenue Securities LLC
New York, NY · BC capacity

Aug 20, 2003 → Oct 20, 2003
Citicorp Investment Services
Poway, CA · IA capacity

Mar 17, 2003 → Jun 6, 2003
Citicorp Investment Services
Long Island City, NY · BC capacity

Mar 17, 2003 → Jun 6, 2003
Raymond James Financial Services
Palm Desert, CA · IA capacity

Oct 16, 2002 → Dec 11, 2002
Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.
St. Petersburg, FL · BC capacity

Sep 23, 2002 → Dec 11, 2002
Uboc Investment Services, Inc.
St. Paul, MN · BC capacity

Aug 22, 2001 → Sep 23, 2002
Wm Financial Services, Inc.
Irvine, CA · BC capacity

Feb 15, 2000 → Aug 23, 2001
Quest Capital Strategies, Inc.
Laguna Hills, CA · BC capacity

Jan 31, 2000 → Feb 11, 2000
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
New York, NY · BC capacity

Oct 2, 1996 → Apr 3, 1997
Wells Fargo Securities Inc.
San Francisco, CA · BC capacity

Nov 19, 1993 → Oct 5, 1996
Marketing One Securities, Inc.
Portland, OR · BC capacity

Aug 24, 1992 → Nov 19, 1993
Lehman Brothers Inc.
New York, NY · BC capacity

Mar 30, 1992 → Aug 17, 1992
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.
Purchase, NY · BC capacity

May 31, 1991 → Mar 30, 1992
Kober Financial Corp.
Englewood, CO · BC capacity

Jul 30, 1990 → May 6, 1991

Source & corrections

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