President-elect Donald Trump nominated Scott Bessent as his choice for the next Secretary of the Department of the Treasury, pending approval. In his announcement, Trump praised Bessent ...

Scott Bessent has a presumptive ... if he’s married and more about his family. In his November 2024 announcement, Trump claimed that Bessent is “widely respected as one of the world’s ...

Scott Bessent ... York City prosecutor and their two children. Bessent is a member of the French Huguenot Church of Charleston, where his family were founding members in the 1680s, according ...

On January 31, 2025, the CFPB announced President Donal Trump had appointed Scott Bessent as Acting Director of the CFPB. In a brief ...

Hedge fund manager Scott Bessent — who has vowed to crack down on off-the-rails federal spending and help avert a “crushing $4 trillion tax hike” on Americans by year’s end — was ...

Washington — The Senate voted to confirm Scott ... Bessent outlined in his opening statement to the committee that he was born and raised in South Carolina's lowcountry, where he said his family ...

Scott Bessent will lead President Donald Trump's financial agenda as treasury secretary. Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager, was confirmed in a 68 to 29 U.S. Senate vote on Monday and sworn ...