Friday, November 22, 2024

It's Scott Bessent -- Trump -- Treasury Secretary -- November 22, 2024

Locator: 44393TRUMP. 

Still a few more positions to be filled, but this was the big one everyone was waiting for. Gaetz has withdrawn. Tulsi Gabbard and RFK, Jr., Hegspeth, maybe Oz, are unlikely to be confirmed by US Senate. Otherwise, Trump's cabinet and other big names appear set.

Trump 2.0 is tracked here.

Breaking news -- according to Carl Q over at Bluesky.

Wiki.

Scott K. H. Bessent, 62 years old, born 1962, is an American investor and hedge fund manager.

He is the founder of Key Square Group, a global macro investment firm.In November 2024, after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election, Reuters reported that Bessent was being considered for the position of Treasury Secretary by the incoming Trump administration.

Scott K. H. Bessent was born in Conway, South Carolina, to Barbara (née McLeod) and Homer Gaston Bessent Jr. His father was a realtor.
He graduated from Yale University in 1984 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. While at Yale, Bessent wrote and was editor for The Yale Daily News, was president of Wolf's Head, one of Yale's "Big Three" senior societies, and treasurer for the class of 1984. He was chairman of the 1984 Yale Alumni Fund and was assistant to the director of athletics.

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