Bessent has been a major donor to Trump, giving $1 million to the Republican candidate for his 2016 inauguration.

President-elect Trump on Friday named billionaire investor Scott Bessent to be his Treasury secretary. Bessent would be the ...

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

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 selected investor Scott Bessent as his nominee for Treasury secretary, putting forth a ...

While little has been reported about his wealth, a look at Bessent's winning bets while working in finance offer some insight ...

The benchmark U.S. 10-year yield, which moves inversely to bond prices, is hovering near a five-month high as traders fret ...

Bessent's even bigger wager is on Trump, the future president. He's been a donor, economic adviser and booster on TV to Trump ...

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

Bessent spent his career in finance and gives Wall Street an advocate for tax reform and deregulation. Some call his ...

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

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