Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent (/ˈbɛsənt/ BESS-ənt; born August 21, 1962) 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. Bessent graduated from Yale University in 1984 with a B.A. in political science. After holding a series of financial positions, he was hired by Soros Fund Management (SFM) in 1991, eventually becoming the head of its London office. While serving in the role in September 1992, he was a leading member of the SFM group, which profited by $1 billion on Black Wednesday, the British pound sterling crisis. In 2013, he made SFM another $1.2 billion by betting against the Japanese yen. After leaving the Soros Fund in 2015, Bessent established Key Square Group, a hedge fund. Bessent served as an economic advisor, fundraiser, and major donor for the Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign. On November 22, 2024, President-elect Trump announced his nomination of Bessent for U.S. Treasury Secretary in the second Trump administration. Bessent was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 27, 2025, by a 68–29 vote, and sworn in as the 79th U.S. Treasury Secretary on January 28, 2025. Description above from the Wikipedia article Scott Bessent, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. 스콧 베선트(1962년생, Conway, South Carolina, USA) 는 방송인으로, Meet the Press, Face the Nation, 다큐 지금: 미끼 전용기, The Tucker Carlson Show, My View with Lara Trump 등에 출연했다. 특히 2026년에는 다큐 지금: 미끼 전용기에도 참여해서 활동중이다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2026년 다큐 지금: 미끼 전용기에 출연했다. 2025년 My View with Lara Trump에 출연했다. 2024년 The Tucker Carlson Show에 출연했다.