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Michael Kleese

Director at SGL Investment Advisors

Firm officerUpdated

Michael Kleese has been Director of SGL Investment Advisors, Inc., a Missoula, MT investment adviser managing $440M, since February 2006.

20
Years in role
$440M
Firm AUM
883
Firm clients
6
Firm advisers

From Form ADV filed 25 September 2026Form ADV

Career

Michael Kleese is a control person of SGL Investment Advisors and directly owns under 5% of it. Michael Kleese holds a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

SGL Investment Advisors is an investment adviser based in Missoula, MT, registered with the SEC since 2014. It provides investment management. Its clients include high-net-worth individuals, individual clients and charitable organizations. Its regulatory assets under management total $440 million, as filed on 25 September 2026. Its fees, ownership and offices are on the firm’s profile.

Michael F. Kleese is a Board Member of SG Long Financial. After years of public and private law practice in Indiana and Montana, Kleese joined First American Title in 1980 and managed its office in Hamilton, Montana until 1988, then its Missoula office until 1993. He was also state manager and state legal counsel for First American Title Insurance Company in Montana.

Key facts

CRD
5249734
Firm
SGL Investment Advisors · CRD 145167
Role
Director
In role since
February 2006 · 20 years
Control person
Yes
Direct ownership
Under 5%
Firm headquarters
Missoula, MT
Individual registration
No current adviser record · SEC search
Disciplinary history
Not yet shown here · SEC record

Common questions

Where does Michael Kleese work?

Michael Kleese has been Director of SGL Investment Advisors, Inc. since February 2006, and is a control person of the firm.

Source: Form ADV, Schedule A, filed 25 September 2026

How can I verify Michael Kleese’s record?

Michael Kleese’s role is listed on SGL Investment Advisors, Inc.’s Form ADV, which the SEC’s adviser search (adviserinfo.sec.gov) publishes under the firm’s CRD 145167.

Source: Form ADV, Schedule A, filed 25 September 2026

Leadership at SGL Investment Advisors

Sources

  1. IAPD individual lookup, CRD 5249734, checked 22 October 2026. This profile uses the Form ADV officer listing; the individual lookup did not provide a current investment-adviser record.
  2. Form ADV Part 1A, Schedules A and B of SGL Investment Advisors, Inc., filed 25 September 2026. Title, control and ownership bands.
  3. SGL Investment Advisors team page. Biography, education, credentials, awards and the portrait, reproduced for identification.