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

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

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

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

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

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

The Treasury Secretary is a high-level Cabinet position charged with advising the president on matters related to financial, ...

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

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

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced hedge fund manager Scott Bessent as his choice for treasury secretary and ...

Alex Wong was named as principal deputy national security adviser, while Sebastian Gorka will serve as senior director for ...

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