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ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC
CRD 108211File 801-18767
APPROVED
Retail clients
Custody
Filing as of Jul 28, 2026
Feed vintage Aug 17, 2026
Regulatory AUM
$12.78B
Top 10% of cohort (national)
Discretionary AUM
$12.78B
Clients
146
146 accounts
Employees
109
Top 10% of cohort in IL
Identity & registration
ADV Item 1- Organization form
- Limited Liability Company
- Firm type
- Registered
- SEC region
- CHRO
- Registration date
- Apr 15, 1983
- Principal office
- 200 EAST RANDOLPH STREET, SUITE 2900, CHICAGO, IL, 60601-6505
- Phone
- 312-726-0140
Assets & accounts
ADV Item 5F- Total regulatory AUM
- $12.78B
- Discretionary AUM
- $12.78B
- Non-discretionary AUM
- $0
- Discretionary accounts
- 146
- Non-discretionary accounts
- 0
- Total accounts
- 146
- AUM per client
- $87.5M
Clients by type
ADV Item 5D| Client type | Clients | AUM |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 5 | $406.5M |
| Insurance companies | 3 | $270.9M |
| Investment companies | 7 | $4.23B |
| Charitable organizations | 24 | $839.4M |
| Other investment advisers | 6 | $23.2M |
| High net worth individuals | 47 | $1.35B |
| Pooled investment vehicles | 3 | $205.2M |
| Pension and profit sharing plans | 19 | $1.61B |
| State or municipal government entities | 27 | $3.84B |
| Individuals (other than high net worth individuals) | 5 | $6.4M |
Compensation & activities
ADV Items 5E, 5GCompensation
- Performance-based fees
- A percentage of assets under your management
Advisory activities
- Portfolio management for businesses
- Portfolio management for investment companies
- Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles
- Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
Custody
ADV Item 9- Firm Custody Cash
- Yes
- Firm Custody Assets
- No
- Firm Custody Clients
- No
- Firm Custody Securities
- Yes
- Related Person Custody Cash
- Yes
- Related Person Custody Assets
- No
- Related Person Custody Clients
- No
- Related Person Custody Securities
- Yes
Disclosure events
ADV Item 11This firm answered no to every Item 11 disclosure question in this filing.
Filed changes
| Date | Field | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | Registration | — | APPROVED |
Every value above is reproduced from this firm's Form ADV filing. Fields the firm left blank are shown as “Not reported” rather than filled in from other sources.