Christopher Clay Friend

CRD 2409369 · Wells Fargo Advisors · Hendersonville, NC

IA RegisteredBroker

Also appears in the source record as: Chris Friend; Christopher Friend

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 (1): North Carolina
Years in the industry (source record): 16
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 (18)

From the source registration record · current first

Wells Fargo AdvisorsCurrent
Hendersonville, NC · IA capacity

start not retrieved → present
Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLCCurrent
Hendersonville, NC · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Greenville, SC · IA capacity

Jan 26, 2022 → Oct 5, 2022
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Greenville, SC · BC capacity

Jan 26, 2022 → Oct 5, 2022
Td Ameritrade, Inc.
Greenville, SC · IA capacity

Feb 27, 2018 → Oct 5, 2022
Td Ameritrade Investment Management, LLC
Greenville, SC · IA capacity

Feb 26, 2018 → Oct 5, 2022
Td Ameritrade, Inc.
Greenville, SC · BC capacity

Feb 26, 2018 → Oct 5, 2022
Scottrade Investment Management
Saint Louis, MO · IA capacity

Jan 26, 2017 → Feb 26, 2018
Scottrade, Inc.
Greenville, SC · BC capacity

Jun 20, 2016 → Feb 26, 2018
Quest Capital Strategies, Inc.
Simpsonville, SC · IA capacity

Feb 5, 2016 → Jun 6, 2016
Quest Capital Strategies, Inc.
Laguna Hills, CA · BC capacity

Jan 12, 2016 → Jun 6, 2016
Pro-Integrity Securities, Inc.
Longview, TX · BC capacity

Jul 1, 2002 → Mar 11, 2003
Morgan Stanley Dw Inc.
Purchase, NY · BC capacity

Jun 28, 2001 → Jun 27, 2002
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
New York, NY · BC capacity

Dec 9, 1999 → Jun 29, 2001
Aag Securities, Inc.
Cincinnati, OH · BC capacity

May 29, 1998 → Sep 28, 1998
Centura Securities, Inc.
Kannapolis, NC · BC capacity

Aug 27, 1996 → Feb 10, 1998
A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.
St. Louis, MO · BC capacity

Jan 9, 1996 → Aug 21, 1996
Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P.
St. Louis, MO · BC capacity

Jan 13, 1994 → Jan 11, 1996

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