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

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

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

Scott Bessent, who prevailed after an intense lobbying effort by his allies, emerged over the past year as a trusted Trump ...

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

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

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

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

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen money manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction and deregulation, to ...

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

"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's nominee for U.S. Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, will prioritize delivering on election tax ...