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

Joey Solitro is a freelance financial journalist at Kiplinger with more than a decade of experience. A longtime equity ...

Trump ally Elon Musk publicly threw his weight behind Howard Lutnick for Treasury secretary. Trump went with Scott Bessent ...

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

President-elect Donald Trump launched a blitz of picks for his Cabinet, but he took his time before settling on billionaire ...

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

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

Donald Trump selects Scott Bessent for Treasury Secretary, a crypto advocate, who promises regulatory clarity and blockchain ...

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

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

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

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