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.

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

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

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

Scott Bessent’s former colleagues and rivals see the prospective Treasury secretary as a thoughtful choice with a broad ...

"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 ...

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

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 ...

President-elect Donald Trump will name Howard Lutnick, the co-chair of his transition team, to the post of commerce secretary ...