Scott Bessent
Secretary of the Treasury
- Office
- Secretary of the Treasury
- Nomination
- PN11-1, received January 20, 2025: “Scott Bessent, of South Carolina, to be Secretary of the Treasury.”
- Senate vote
- 68 to 29, Senate roll call 19
- Confirmed
- Our copy of the nomination record
- Saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 568e56635552c1c9
- Department’s own page
- Department of the Treasury’s leadership page names Scott Bessent (our copy saved October 16, 2026).
Sources: The White House, The Cabinet (our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 185671ff1fc127e8) and Congress’s nominations record.
How the White House describes Scott Bessent
Quoted from the White House’s Cabinet page.
“Scott Bessent served as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Key Square Capital Management, a global macro hedge fund focused on macro investing that he founded in 2015. His career has taken him to more than 60 countries with ongoing interactions with international leaders and central bankers.”
“Bessent was formerly the Chief Investment Officer for Soros Fund Management from 2011 to 2015. From 2006 to 2010, Bessent was an adjunct professor at Yale University, where he taught economic history. He previously founded and served as Chief Investment Officer of his own hedge fund, Bessent Capital, from 2000 to 2005.”
“From 1991 to 2000, he was managing partner of Soros Fund Management’s London office. Bessent received a B.A. from Yale University. He was a Rockefeller University Trustee, Member of the Executive Comm and Chair of the Investment Committee.”
“He is a Member of the Economic Club of New York and Council on Foreign Relations. He lives with his husband and two children in Washington, D.C.”
Financial disclosure reports
The White House’s Public Disclosures page lists no report under this name.
Reports filed with the Office of Government Ethics
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