Bessent, the 62-year-old founder of Key Square Group, has repeatedly backed the president-elect’s pro-tariff stance in a ...

President-elect Trump nominated Scott Bessent, the founder and CEO of global macro investment firm Key Square Group, for ...

Bessent was once described as the "protege" of billionaire George Soros, who he worked for over the course of decades.

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President-elect Donald Trump named billionaire Scott Bessent as his pick to serve as the next secretary of the Department of ...

The president-elect has selected the hedge-fund manager to lead the Treasury, elevating one of his most vocal supporters in ...

Scott Bessent’s former colleagues and rivals see the prospective Treasury secretary as a thoughtful choice with a broad ...

President-elect Donald Trump announced his choice for a new Treasury secretary; the purported frontrunner for the job is ...

President-elect Donald Trump will name Howard Lutnick, the co-chair of his transition team, to the post of commerce secretary ...

"I am most pleased to nominate Scott Bessent to serve as the 79th Secretary of the Treasury of the United States," Trump said ...

If confirmed, Bessent will be tasked with implementing any tax cuts a Republican-controlled Congress may pursue.