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    • Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent is an American investor and hedge fund manager. He was a partner at Soros Fund Management and the founder of Key Square Group, a global macro investment firm. Bessent was a major donor, fundraiser, and an economic advisor for the Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign. In November 2024, Trump named Bessent as his n… See more

    BornScott Kenneth Homer Bessent · August 1962 (age 62) · Conway, South Carolina, U.S.
    SpouseJohn Freeman
    Children2
    EducationYale University (BA)
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    Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent was born in August 1962 in Conway, South Carolina, probably the oldest of three children of Barbara (née McLeod) and Homer Gaston Bessent Jr., a real estate agent. He is of French … See more

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    Bessent interned with investor Jim Rogers. After graduation, he worked at Brown Brothers Harriman, Kynikos Associates (Jim Chanos), and others. Bessent joined Soros Fund Management (SFM) in 1991 and was a … See more

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