CASE STUDYHow a Private Equity Firm Hired Remote Executive Assistants for $12,000/Year

What does this client’s business do?

ZT Corporate is a Houston-based private equity firm managing diverse investments across healthcare, energy, and real estate.

Bottlenecks:

Their fundraising division needed experienced support staff to keep up with investor communications and fast-paced deal flow.

Who was hired, and what was their role?

WithPort helped ZT Corporate hire multiple Virtual Executive Assistants to support their senior team in the fundraising division.

Key responsibilities included:

Executive email inboxes and follow-ups

Calendar management and scheduling investor meetings

Event coordination for fundraising roadshows

Preliminary administrative work to keep the executive team focused on closing deals

What is the salary of the individuals they hired?

Each Virtual Executive Assistant:

Works full-time, aligned with U.S. business hours, for $12,000 annually

Comparable U.S.-based roles were costing ZT up to $65,000 annually.

What was the candidates’ background before being hired?

WithPort sourced professionals with:

Each VA brought 5+ years of experience supporting executives in high-pressure industries like finance and legal services. Their familiarity with tools like Salesforce, DocuSign, and Google Workspace ensured a seamless onboarding process.

Measurable Impact

Within 30 days of onboarding:

Investor meeting scheduling became fully streamlined, reducing back-and-forth by over 80%

Executive team reclaimed 15+ hours per week previously spent on admin tasks

Support staffing costs dropped from $65,000 to $12,000 per assistant—an 80% savings

By building a remote finance team with WithPort, King Fuels scaled their operations without sacrificing accuracy or speed—while significantly lowering overhead.