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Investor Scott Bessent Emerges as Top Contender for Trump’s Treasury Secretary

Trump called Bessent ‘one of the top analysts on Wall Street.’
Investor Scott Bessent Emerges as Top Contender for Trump’s Treasury Secretary
Scott Bessent speaks at the National Conservative Conference in Washington on July 10, 2024. DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images
Jackson Richman
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Andrew Moran
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WASHINGTON—Investor Scott Bessent is a top contender for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for treasury secretary, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

Bessent, 62, is a seasoned hedge fund investor and the founder of global macro investment company Key Square Group. He earned his billion-dollar fortune when he bet against the Japanese yen alongside George Soros when Bessent served as the chief financial officer of the Soros Fund Management more than a decade ago.

Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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