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

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

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.

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.

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

Jonathan Capehart is a Washington Post opinion writer who moonlights as host of “The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart” on ...

Key Takeaways Scott Bessent, Donald Trump's pick for Treasury Secretary, was an economic advisor during his campaign and ...

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

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

Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction and deregulation, is a past supporter of Democrats who has become an enthusiastic ...