South Carolina real estate records show an odd transaction just as Bessent was taking office as Treasury Secretary.

Scott Bessent, the 62-year-old treasury secretary, has quickly become one of the president’s most effective communicators.

He is married to a former New York prosecutor with whom he has two children through surrogacy. In London, he socializes with ...

In January 2025, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent ... 2011 and resides in Charleston, South Carolina. In 2015, Bessent told Yale Alumni Magazine ...

In November 2024, Donald Trump nominated Scott Bessent as his pick for ... investment firm Key Square Group. A native of South Carolina, Bessent earned a bachelor’s degree in political science ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration ... not weaker. A native of South Carolina, Bessent previously served as chief investment officer for George Soros and was ...

The Dow Jones advanced after Trump said he wouldn't fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell and on hopes of easing tensions over tariffs ...

Scott Bessent influenced President Trump to pause sweeping tariffs amid market turmoil. Despite a temporary U-turn, uncertainty remains high as Wall Street braces for continued economic fallout and ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said April 22 that ... and higher inflationary pressures. Details of the South Carolina native's speech were confirmed by two people familiar ...

Earlier, in a hastily arranged gaggle with reporters outside the White House, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent insisted that the market chaos caused by Trump's hefty tariffs was not the reason for the ...