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

President-elect Donald Trump announced his choice for a new Treasury secretary; the purported frontrunner for the job is ...

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

President-elect Donald Trump nominated Scott Bessent to head up the Department of the Treasury on Friday. "I am most pleased ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

President-elect Donald Trump named billionaire Scott Bessent as his pick to serve as the next secretary of the Department of ...

The Treasury Secretary is a high-level Cabinet position charged with advising the president on matters related to financial, ...