Scott Bessent, the founder of the Connecticut-based hedge fund Key Square Group, had been making a full-court press for the ...

Bessent spent his career in finance and gives Wall Street an advocate for tax reform and deregulation. Some call his ...

From his years working for George Soros to his role as a key economic advisor to Trump, Bessent has extensive if ...

Scott Bessent, Donald Trump's pick for Treasury Secretary, is a veteran Wall Street executive who advised Trump during his ...

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

As a money manager, Scott Bessent's years of inconsistent performance have contributed to a nearly 90% decline in his hedge ...

The hedge fund investor predicted last year that President-elect Donald J. Trump’s political fortunes were on the rise.

It was Scott Bessent’s job to lose—and he almost did.But after two weeks of uncertainty, Donald Trump selected Bessent, a ...

Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager who has helped fundraise for Donald Trump, is the president-elect's choice to ...

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

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

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