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

Bessent, a hedge fund manager, becomes the nation’s 79th Treasury secretary. He will lead President Trump’s economic agenda.

The visit by Scott Bessent will be the first by a Trump official since the president’s return to office and comes amid ...

is a former partner at Soros Fund Management, which was chaired by progressive megadonor George Soros. He also founded Key Square Group, an investment adviser firm. Treasury Secretary nominee ...

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Scott Bessent, President-elect Trump's pick for Treasury Department secretary, plans to talk about ... has a generational opportunity to unleash a new economic golden age that will create more ...

Secretaries have stayed on into new administrations. Albert Gallatin was the longest-serving Treasury secretary. Appointed by President Thomas Jefferson in 1801, Gallatin continued his tenure ...

Billionaire financier Howard Lutnick, President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Commerce Department, said Wednesday that he would sell all of his business holdings within 90 days.