Scott Bessent serves as chief executive officer and ... He was an adjunct professor of Economic History at Yale University from 2006-2011. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell made some of the right moves ...

President-elect Donald Trump nominated Scott Bessent as his ... A native of South Carolina, Bessent earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Yale University in 1984 before beginning ...

2000-2005 - Establishes and runs his own hedge fund, Bessent Capital. 2006-2010 - Adjunct professor at Yale University. 2007-2010 - Works at Protégé Partners, a New York-based investment firm.

After graduating from Yale, Bessent held positions at Brown Brothers Harriman, Olayan Group and Kynikos Associates. 1991-2000 – Managing partner of Soros Fund Management in London. 2000-2005 ...