Amid the hue and cry over President Donald Trump’s picks to be the secretaries of defense and health and human services, South Carolina native Scott Bessent coasted to his Senate confirmation as ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent on Monday to ... the nation’s 79th treasury secretary. The South Carolina resident will be the first openly ...

President-elect Donald Trump nominated Scott Bessent as his choice for ... investment firm Key Square Group. A native of South Carolina, Bessent earned a bachelor’s degree in political science ...

Scott Bessent, a South Carolina billionaire hedge fund manager, wasted no time getting to the crux of his confirmation hearing: the expiring Trump tax cuts. "This is the single most important ...

Scott Bessent, a billionaire investor ... The billionaire investor spent his childhood in South Carolina. His father went bankrupt investing in real estate, which Bessent later said led him ...

Billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent won Senate approval Monday ... Bessent, a Wall Street veteran who was born and raised in South Carolina, has defended the Republican president's ...

Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump's ... he currently calls Charleston, South Carolina home. He lives in a restored Greek Revival mansion with his husband John Freeman, a former New ...

The Treasury secretary is the second top U.S. official not to attend the Group of 20 gatherings because of rising tension ...