William August Kientz III
Advisor at Balefire, LLC — Ridgeland, MS
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Credentials
CFP®, ChFC®, Series 63
Experience Industry experience
50 years
Location
Ridgeland, MS 39157
Balefire, LLC
Multi-team
William Kientz III is a financial advisor with Balefire, LLC, holding the CFP®, ChFC®, and Series 63 designations and bringing 50 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Integrity Alliance, Lion Street Financial, Csenge Advisory Group, Kestra Financial Services, New York Life Insurance Company, and Kientz, Martin Hill & Breazeale LLC. Outside of advising, he owns and manages family farmland leased to the Arkansas Department of Corrections. Balefire, LLC is a multi-team SEC-registered investment adviser serving individual investors, retirement plans, trusts, charities, and business entities. The firm employs a core-and-tactical investment approach with discretionary asset management and comprehensive planning, managing approximately $2 billion in regulatory assets across a platform of 35 advisors.
Based on Balefire, LLC
Based on Balefire, LLC
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Ridgeland, MS
219 Draperton Drive, Suite A
Ridgeland MS 39157
Advisors at this office
10
Mississippi
50 years of industry experience
Integrity Alliance, LLC
2025 - Present • 1 year
Ridgeland, MS
Lion Street Financial
2019 - Present • 7 years
Ridgeland, MS
Csenge Advisory Group, LLC
2019 - 2025 • 6 years
Clearwater, FL
Kestra Financial Services, Inc.
2016 - 2019 • 3 years
Austin, TX
Kestra
2006 - 2019 • 13 years
Austin, TX
New York Life Ins. Co
1990 - Present • 36 years
New York, NY
Kientz, Martin Hill & Breazeale LLC
1990 - Present • 36 years
Jackson, MS
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