Scott Bessent

Scott Bessent

Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent is an American businessman and government official serving as the 79th United States secretary of the treasury since 2025. Bessent was a partner at Soros Fund Management and founded Key Square Group, a global macro trading firm. He is the first openly gay person to lead the U.S. Treasury, becoming the highest-ranking LGBTQ government official in American history. Bessent graduated from Yale University in 1984. After holding a series of financial positions, he was hired by Soros Fund Management in 1991, eventually becoming the head of its London office. While serving in the role in September 1992, he was a leading member of the SFM group, which profited by $1 billion on Black Wednesday, the British pound sterling crisis. In 2013, he made SFM another $1.2 billion by betting against the Japanese yen. After leaving the Soros Fund in 2015, Bessent established Key Square Group, another hedge fund.

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• Entity:  Infobox

• Born:  Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent, August 21, 1962, Conway, South Carolina, U.s.
• Age:  64 Years
• Political party:  Republican
• Spouse(s):  John Freeman
• Relations:  John Jenrette (Uncle)
• Children:  2
• Education:  Yale University (Ba)
• President:  Donald Trump
• Deputy:  Michael Faulkender, Francis Brooke
• Preceded by:  Janet Yellen
• Born:  21 August 1962
• Wikidata description:  United States Secretary Of The Treasury
• Wikidata label:  Scott Bessent
• Wikidata aliases:  Scott Bessent, Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent

• Related Topics:  People Of The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. People, Rockefeller University People, Chief Investment Officers, American Political Fundraisers, Council On Foreign Relations, American Financial Company Founders, American Hedge Fund Managers, American Protestants