Kelly Ann Winget, founder of private equity firm Alternative Wealth Partners and author of 'Pitch the Bitch,' a financial guide for those often left out of the male-dominated investment world, spoke to Cheddar News about her experience as an LGBTQ+ manager in the industry.

I want queer people to know that they need to start planning their financial futures early. I think LGBTQ+ people should start investing their money in companies and products that matter.

Tackling pay equity is really a chance to align compensation with a firm’s long-term growth goals, said Kelly Ann Winget, who in 2020 founded private equity company Alternative Wealth Partners. In the process of dismantling structural barriers that result in inequity, look for chances to financially reward workers who are instrumental in client retention and referrals, she said.

A female-founded private equity fund serves the interests of high-net-worth individuals by offering diversified, alternative investments in a corner of the market where other PE funds are not serving.

“It’s all going to be a commodity currency situation for probably the next five years,” says Kelly Ann Winget, founder of Alternative Wealth Partners, a Flower Mound-based private equity firm focused on assets not tied to traditional markets.

Dapper Boi was solely backed by crowdfunding campaigns and the couple’s personal finances. Recently they brought on an investor, Kelly Ann Winget, whom they met while filming an upcoming documentary about female entrepreneurs called “Show Her the Money: The Power of Funding Female Founders.”

Kelly Ann Winget is the Founder of the Dallas-based private equity company, Alternative Wealth Partners (AWP). Kelly Ann has over a decade of experience in the alternative investment space sourcing creative capital for startups, oil and gas companies, manufacturing ventures, real estate, and several other emerging markets on behalf of high net worth/income individuals.

Alternative investment funds provide investors access to non-correlated assets — investments that aren’t affected by public markets and usually counter the stock and bond trade. These are assets like private equity, commodities, energy and real estate.

In my career, I worked with investors from every background and found that the ones who benefited most from having access to these deals were the self-made hustlers. These small business owners and industry experts needed the doors opened to get to the next level.