When Donald Trump announced Friday that hedge fund manager Scott Bessent was his pick for Treasury secretary, there was a ...

The hedge fund manager will be responsible for steering President-elect Donald J. Trump’s unconventional economic agenda.

Hedge fund executive Scott Bessent survived an internal squabble over the role of Treasury secretary, a key position that ...

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

The man chosen to head the US treasury by president-elect Donald Trump currently lives in Charleston, South Carolina with his ...

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

Scott Bessent, who prevailed after an intense lobbying effort by his allies, emerged over the past year as a trusted Trump ...

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

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

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.

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen money manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction and deregulation, to ...