Bessent has been a major donor to Trump, giving $1 million to the Republican candidate for his 2016 inauguration.

If confirmed, Bessent would runn the department that manages the nation's finances as well as its tax agency, the Internal ...

Bessent, founder and CEO of hedge fund Key Square Group, served as an economic adviser to the Trump campaign, often appearing ...

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

All the while, Bessent and his allies executed a public-relations campaign aimed at cementing his front-runner status, ...

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

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

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

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

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

President-elect Trump on Friday named billionaire investor Scott Bessent to be his Treasury secretary. Bessent would be the ...

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