The hedge fund manager will be responsible for steering President-elect Donald J. Trump’s unconventional economic agenda.

He also chooses heads for the Office of Management and Budget, the Labor Department, and Housing and Urban Development

Bessent is a Wall Street financier who once worked for George Soros. Trump also announced his picks for several other key roles including labor secretary, surgeon general and FDA chief.

US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named billionaire Scott Bessent as his Treasury secretary, choosing the hedge fund manager to help execute an agenda promising tax cuts and tariffs.Bessent,...

US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named billionaire Scott Bessent as his Treasury secretary, choosing the hedge fund manager to help execute an agenda promising tax cuts and tariffs.

WASHINGTON: US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday (Nov 22) named billionaire Scott Bessent as his Treasury secretary, choosing the hedge fund manager to help execute an agenda promising tax cuts and tariffs. Bessent, who is the chief executive officer of Key Square Group, has called for an extensi

US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named billionaire Scott Bessent as his Treasury secretary, choosing the hedge fund manager to help execute an agenda promising tax cuts and tariffs.

US President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly planning to nominate Scott Bessent, a veteran hedge fund investor and former Yale University lecturer, as his treasury secretary, according to media...

Washington DC: United States President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Scott Bessent to lead the US Department of Treasury. In a statement, Trump said,

He also announces nominees for labour secretary, housing secretary and surgeon general.

President-elect Donald Trump says he plans to nominate hedge fund manager Scott Bessent to serve as secretary of the treasury.

President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that he'll nominate hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction, to serve as his next treasury secretary. Trump also said he would nominate Russel Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget, a position Vought held during Trump's first presidency. Vought was closely…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that he’ll nominate former George Soros money manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction, to serve as his next treasury secretary. Trump also said he would nominate Russel Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget, a position Vought held during Trump’s first presidency. Bessent, […]

Nov. 22 (UPI) -- President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced hedge fund manager Scott Bessent as his choice for treasury secretary and first-term official Russell Vought to head the Office of Management and Budget.

US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday nominated billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent as his new treasury secretary. He also named Russel Vought as his new budget chief, and Janette Nesheiwat…

US President-elect Donald Trump is expected to pick billionaire Scott Bessent as his Treasury secretary, media outlets reported Friday, choosing the hedge fund manager to help execute an agenda promising tax cuts and tariffs.

President-elect Donald Trump's new Treasury chief needs to hit the ground running once he takes office, tasked with rolling out his boss's economic vision and grappling with the country's debt limit. With economic dissatisfaction being a key factor in the election outcome, tax cut extensions are set to be high among the Treasury secretary's priorities.

President-elect Donald Trump's new Treasury chief needs to hit the ground running once he takes office, tasked with rolling out his boss's economic vision and grappling with the country's debt limit. With economic dissatisfaction being a key factor in the election outcome, tax cut extensions are set to be high among the Treasury secretary's priorities.

President-elect Donald Trump launched a blitz of picks for his Cabinet, but he took his time settling on billionaire investor Scott Bessent as his choice for treasury secretary.

Trump announced a slew of cabinet announcement on Friday as he begins to shape his Cabinet for his second term.

President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that he’ll nominate billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction, to serve as his next treasury secretary, one of several personnel decisions that he unveiled as he closed out the workweek.

Trump announces key administrative appointments for his second term, including Alex Wong, Sebastian Gorka, and Scott Bessent.