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

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

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 has chosen hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction, to serve as his ...

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 ...

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

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

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 announced his choice for a new Treasury secretary; the purported frontrunner for the job is ...

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