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.

The United States should keep oversight of potential problems in the U.S. bond market, President-elect Donald Trump's Treasury Secretary pick Scott Bessent told Congress on Thursday, referring to Wall Street billionaire Howard Lutnick's plan to clear Treasury futures through a UK firm.

Mr Bessent, a past supporter of Democrats who once worked for George Soros, has become an enthusiastic supporter of the president.

Treasury Secretary designee Scott Bessent’s nomination advanced past ... between choosing Bessent or Cantor Fitzgerald chairman Howard Lutnick for Treasury. Trump ultimately landed on Bessent ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent on Monday to serve ... billionaire investor John Paulson and Howard Lutnick, whom Trump tapped for commerce secretary.

Video below: Scott Bessent sounds alarm on deficit during ... He also mulled over billionaire investors John Paulson and Howard Lutnick, whom Trump tapped as his nominee for commerce secretary.

President-elect Trump meets with Scott Turner, his nominee to lead HUD ... Still, nothing is assured. After Bessent spent a year restoring the 1939 Miami villa with a loggia and clay tile roof ...

The Senate confirmed on Monday Scott Bessent ... by the "knife fight" jockeying between Bessent and Cantor Fitzgerald chief executive Howard Lutnick over the position, The New York Times reported ...

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Bessent received a bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1984. After graduating, Bessent worked at Brown Brothers Harriman and Kynikos Associates. [5] In 1991, Bessent began working at Soros Fund Management (SFM), where he was the firm's head of ...