Kent B Smothers

CRD 4143455 · Edward Jones · St. Louis, MO

IA RegisteredBroker

Also appears in the source record as: Kent Brady Smothers

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (5): SIESeries 7Series 26Series 66Series 63
Registered states (1): Washington
Years in the industry (source record): 23
Professional designations: Not yet retrieved from the source record

Disclosures

Copied from the official record

No disclosure events are flagged in the source record as of Aug 20, 2026.

This reflects our copy of the record on that date only. Confirm the current position on FINRA BrokerCheck ↗ or SEC IAPD ↗.

Current firm

From the firm record

Firm: Edward Jones
Firm CRD: 250
SEC number: 801-3297
Assets under management: $1.0T as of Jun 29, 2026
Website: www.twitter.com/EDWARDJONES ↗
Phone: 314-515-2000
Firm location: St. Louis, MO, 63131

Employment history (15)

From the source registration record · current first

Edward JonesCurrent
St. Louis, MO · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Edward JonesCurrent
Battle Ground, WA · IA capacity

start not retrieved → present
Edward JonesCurrent
St. Louis, MO · IA capacity

start not retrieved → present
Edward JonesCurrent
Battle Ground, WA · IA capacity

start not retrieved → present
Empower Advisory Group, LLC
Battleground, WA · IA capacity

Jan 8, 2021 → Jul 7, 2025
Empower Financial Services, Inc.
Greenwood Village, CO · BC capacity

Jan 8, 2021 → Jul 7, 2025
Tpg Financial Advisors, LLC
Portland, OR · IA capacity

Jan 28, 2019 → Sep 8, 2020
Principal Securities, Inc.
Lake Oswego, OR · IA capacity

Feb 27, 2007 → Jan 14, 2019
Principal Securities, Inc.
Lake Oswego, OR · BC capacity

Feb 13, 2007 → Jan 14, 2019
Ameritas Investment Corp
Beaverton, OR · IA capacity

Mar 28, 2006 → Feb 22, 2007
Ameritas Investment Corp.
Beaverton, OR · BC capacity

Jun 29, 2005 → Feb 22, 2007
Mony Securities Corporation
New York, NY · BC capacity

Oct 8, 2003 → Feb 2, 2005
Brecek & Young Advisors, Inc.
Folsom, CA · BC capacity

Sep 19, 2001 → Oct 17, 2002
Ids Life Insurance Company
Minneapolis, MN · BC capacity

Mar 17, 2000 → Oct 23, 2000
American Express Financial Advisors Inc.
Minneapolis, MN · BC capacity

Mar 17, 2000 → Oct 23, 2000

Source & corrections

Where this page comes from

Advisor registration data on this site is reproduced from the SEC's Investment Adviser Public Disclosure (IAPD) system and FINRA's BrokerCheck. Those systems are the official records; this site is not. We do not alter the factual content of the records we reproduce.

SEC IAPD record for CRD 4143455 ↗ FINRA BrokerCheck record for CRD 4143455 ↗ BrokerCheck Terms of Use ↗ Report a data error on this page →

Data compiled Aug 20, 2026. Source: IAPD_SEARCH. Your use of BrokerCheck data reproduced here is subject to FINRA's Terms of Use.

Preview release — partial coverage. This is a public-records lookup tool, not investment advice, not a recommendation, and not an endorsement of any advisor. Registration status shown here is a copy of a government record and may be out of date; always confirm against SEC IAPD and FINRA BrokerCheck before acting.