Scott Bessent
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Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent (/หbษsษnt/ BESS-ษnt; born August 21, 1962) is an American businessman and government official serving since 2025 as the 79th United States secretary of the treasury. Bessent was a partner at Soros Fund Management (SFM) and founded Key Square Group, a global macro investment firm. He is the first openly gay person to lead the U. S. Treasury Department, the first openly gay U. S. Senate-confirmed Cabinet member in a Republican administration, and the second openly gay U.
S. Senate-confirmed Cabinet secretary. Bessent graduated from Yale University in 1984 with a B. A. in political science. After holding a series of financial positions, he was hired by Soros Fund Management (SFM) 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, a hedge fund. Bessent served as an economic advisor, fundraiser, and major donor for the Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign. On November 22, 2024, President-elect Trump announced his nomination of Bessent for U. S. Treasury Secretary in the second Trump administration.
