Scott Bessent
Sign in to saveScott Kenneth Homer Bessent 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.
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- Born
- 1962-08-21
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- Born
- 21 August 1962
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Conway
- Occupation
- philanthropist
- Educated at
- Yale University
- Employer
- Yale University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- United States government group chat leaks
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