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

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, will prioritize delivering on election tax ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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