The hedge fund manager will be responsible for steering President-elect Donald J. Trump’s unconventional economic agenda.

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

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

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

From his years working for George Soros to his role as a key economic advisor to Trump, Bessent has extensive if ...

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 ...

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

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

President-elect Trump's nominee to serve as Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, has a 3-3-3 plan that aims to curb budget ...