Amid the hue and cry over President Donald Trump’s picks to be the secretaries of defense and health and human services, South Carolina native Scott Bessent coasted to his Senate confirmation as ...

But that doesn't mean they had uniform reactions to the news of Scott ... Bessent, an investor and hedge fund manager, was a partner at Soros Fund Management and the founder of Key Square Group, a ...

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 ...

“Scott Bessent brings a wealth of private-sector experience in the economy and markets to his new role, as well as a concern for the needs of working Americans,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S ...

The U.S. Senate confirmed Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary ... He is married to former prosecutor John Freeman, with whom he has two children, according to Axios. “In a certain geographic ...