“I started out, our family was very affluent. My dad saw to it that we weren't. And now that I've made it back, so I've known economic anxiety and I want to see for these constituencies and for working people that things go well.”

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About Scott Bessent

American businessman and government official

Scott Bessent is an American businessman and government official. Born in 1962, he has served as the 79th United States secretary of the treasury since 2025. He was a partner at Soros Fund Management and later founded Key Square Group, a global macro trading firm. He is also the first openly gay person to lead the U.S. Treasury, and the highest-ranking LGBTQ government official in American history.

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