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class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Acting</b></span><br />February 1, 2025 – February 7, 2025</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data">Donald Trump</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rohit_Chopra" title="Rohit Chopra">Rohit Chopra</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Russ_Vought" class="mw-redirect" title="Russ Vought">Russ Vought</a> (acting)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1962-08-21</span>) </span>August 21, 1962<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 62)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Conway,_South_Carolina" title="Conway, South Carolina">Conway, South Carolina</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">John Freeman</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/ən/: 'on' in 'button'">ən</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">BESS</span>-ənt</i></a>; born August 21, 1962) is an American <a href="/wiki/Investment" title="Investment">investor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hedge_fund" title="Hedge fund">hedge fund</a> manager who has served since 2025 as the 79th <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Treasury" title="United States Secretary of the Treasury">United States secretary of the treasury</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a partner at <a href="/wiki/Soros_Fund_Management" title="Soros Fund Management">Soros Fund Management</a> and the founder of Key Square Group, a <a href="/wiki/Global_macro" title="Global macro">global macro</a> <a href="/wiki/Investment" title="Investment">investment</a> firm.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A major donor, fundraiser, and economic advisor for <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_2024_presidential_campaign" title="Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign">Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bessent was nominated for treasury secretary by Trump in November 2024 and confirmed to the office by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> on January 27, 2025, by a vote of 68–29.<sup id="cite_ref-usatoday.com_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usatoday.com-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cnn.com_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn.com-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_first_openly_LGBTQ_politicians_in_the_United_States" title="List of first openly LGBTQ politicians in the United States">second openly gay man</a> to serve in the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_States" title="Cabinet of the United States">Cabinet of the United States</a> (after <a href="/wiki/Pete_Buttigieg" title="Pete Buttigieg">Pete Buttigieg</a>) and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_first_openly_LGBTQ_politicians_in_the_United_States" title="List of first openly LGBTQ politicians in the United States">fifth openly gay man</a> to serve in a <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_States" title="Cabinet of the United States">cabinet-level</a> office (after <a href="/wiki/Demetrios_Marantis" title="Demetrios Marantis">Demetrios Marantis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Grenell" title="Richard Grenell">Richard Grenell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pete_Buttigieg" title="Pete Buttigieg">Pete Buttigieg</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Vince_Micone" title="Vince Micone">Vince Micone</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Treasury" title="United States Secretary of the Treasury">United States secretary of the treasury</a> is <a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession#Current_order_of_succession" title="United States presidential line of succession">fifth</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession" title="United States presidential line of succession">United States presidential line of succession</a>, he is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_first_openly_LGBTQ_politicians_in_the_United_States" title="List of first openly LGBTQ politicians in the United States">highest-ranking openly LGBT person in American history</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scott_Bessent&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent was born on August 21, 1962,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the oldest of three children of Barbara (née McLeod) and Homer Gaston Bessent Jr., a real estate agent.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-yale_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yale-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is of French <a href="/wiki/Huguenot" class="mw-redirect" title="Huguenot">Huguenot</a> ancestry.<sup id="cite_ref-huguenot_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-huguenot-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bessent earned a bachelor's degree in political science from <a href="/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale University</a> in 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-yale_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yale-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:10_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While in college, he was an editor of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Yale_Daily_News" class="mw-redirect" title="The Yale Daily News">The Yale Daily News</a></i>, president of <a href="/wiki/Wolf%27s_Head_Society" title="Wolf's Head Society">Wolf's Head Society</a>, and treasurer for the class of 1984. He was chairman of the 1984 Yale Alumni Fund and assistant to the director of athletics.<sup id="cite_ref-yale_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yale-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:17_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:17-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_as_investor_and_hedge_fund_manager">Career as investor and hedge fund manager</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scott_Bessent&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career as investor and hedge fund manager"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bessent interned with investor <a href="/wiki/Jim_Rogers" title="Jim Rogers">Jim Rogers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After graduation, he worked at <a href="/wiki/Brown_Brothers_Harriman" class="mw-redirect" title="Brown Brothers Harriman">Brown Brothers Harriman</a>, Kynikos Associates (<a href="/wiki/Jim_Chanos" title="Jim Chanos">Jim Chanos</a>), and others.<sup id="cite_ref-:14_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:14-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bessent joined <a href="/wiki/Soros_Fund_Management" title="Soros Fund Management">Soros Fund Management</a> (SFM) in 1991 and was a partner there throughout the 1990s, eventually becoming head of the London office.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:9_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:11_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:12_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1992, Bessent was a leading member of the team whose bet on the <a href="/wiki/Black_Wednesday" title="Black Wednesday">Black Wednesday</a> collapse of the British <a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">pound</a> garnered over $1 billion for the firm. His bet against the Japanese <a href="/wiki/Japanese_yen" title="Japanese yen">yen</a> in 2013 brought additional profit.<sup id="cite_ref-Zuckerman_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zuckerman-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After resigning from SFM in 2000, Bessent founded a $1 billion hedge fund.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:19_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:19-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fund closed in 2005. Bessent has said he learned that he should not change his style or the firm's approach because of investor preferences.<sup id="cite_ref-:14_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:14-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also a senior investment adviser to fund-of-funds <a href="/wiki/Prot%C3%A9g%C3%A9_Partners" class="mw-redirect" title="Protégé Partners">Protégé Partners</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:13_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:13-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bessent returned to SFM as chief investment officer from 2011 to 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He left in 2015 to begin a new firm, Key Square Group.<sup id="cite_ref-:11_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:12_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 2006 to 2011, Bessent was an adjunct professor of <a href="/wiki/Economic_history" title="Economic history">economic history</a> at Yale, where he taught three courses.<sup id="cite_ref-:14_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:14-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Key_Square_Group">Key Square Group</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scott_Bessent&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Key Square Group"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bessent founded Key Square Group in 2015 with Michael Germino, who had been the global head of capital markets at SFM.<sup id="cite_ref-:23_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:23-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Key Square uses <a href="/wiki/Geopolitics" title="Geopolitics">geopolitics</a> and economics to make macro investments.<sup id="cite_ref-Zuckerman_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zuckerman-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Key Square received a $2 billion anchor investment from <a href="/wiki/George_Soros" title="George Soros">George Soros</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:22_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:22-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the end of 2017, Key Square's assets were $5.1 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-:22_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:22-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Key Square's main fund returns increased by 13% in 2016 but declined or broke even every year from 2017 to 2021 before making major gains in 2021, 2022 and 2023. The inconsistent track record scared away clients. Assets under management shrank from $5.1 billion in 2017 to $577 million in 2023 and the number of institutional investors declined from 180 to 20 over the same period.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As part of a prearranged deal, in 2018 the firm returned the Soros capital as it took in other assets.<sup id="cite_ref-:22_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:22-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its investors include Australia's sovereign wealth fund, <a href="/wiki/Future_Fund" title="Future Fund">Future Fund</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bessent announced that he would sever ties with the group as Treasury Secretary.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_involvement_in_politics">Early involvement in politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scott_Bessent&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Early involvement in politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2000, Bessent hosted a fundraiser for <a href="/wiki/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">Al Gore</a> at his <a href="/wiki/East_Hampton,_New_York" title="East Hampton, New York">East Hampton, New York</a>, home.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has also donated to <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, Bessent donated $1 million to <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>'s 2017 <a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Donald_Trump#Presidential_Inaugural_Committee" title="First inauguration of Donald Trump">presidential inaugural committee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2023 and 2024, he donated more than $1 million to <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_2024_presidential_campaign" title="Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign">Donald Trump's 2024 campaign</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2024, Bessent hosted a fundraiser in <a href="/wiki/Greenville,_South_Carolina" title="Greenville, South Carolina">Greenville, South Carolina</a>, that raised nearly $7 million for Trump's 2024 campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2024, he was a host of a <a href="/wiki/Palm_Beach,_Florida" title="Palm Beach, Florida">Palm Beach, Florida</a>, fundraiser that raised $50 million for Trump's campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2024, <i><a href="/wiki/Bloomberg_Businessweek" title="Bloomberg Businessweek">Bloomberg Businessweek</a></i> reported that Bessent was a key economic adviser to Trump.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He proposed a three-point economic plan for Trump modeled on Japanese prime minister <a href="/wiki/Shinzo_Abe" title="Shinzo Abe">Shinzo Abe</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Abenomics" title="Abenomics">Three Arrows</a>" economic policy.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Secretary_of_the_Treasury_(2025–present)"><span id="Secretary_of_the_Treasury_.282025.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Secretary of the Treasury (2025–present)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scott_Bessent&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Secretary of the Treasury (2025–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nomination_and_confirmation">Nomination and confirmation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scott_Bessent&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Nomination and confirmation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On November 22, 2024, <a href="/wiki/President-elect_of_the_United_States" title="President-elect of the United States">President-elect</a> Trump announced his intention to nominate Bessent to serve as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Treasury" title="United States Secretary of the Treasury">United States secretary of the treasury</a> in his <a href="/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Trump" title="Second presidency of Donald Trump">second administration</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bessent is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_first_openly_LGBTQ_politicians_in_the_United_States" title="List of first openly LGBTQ politicians in the United States">first openly gay</a> treasury secretary, the second openly gay Senate-confirmed Cabinet secretary of an <a href="/wiki/United_States_federal_executive_departments" title="United States federal executive departments">Executive Department</a> after <a href="/wiki/Pete_Buttigieg" title="Pete Buttigieg">Pete Buttigieg</a>, and the fifth openly gay person to serve in a Cabinet-level capacity, including interim officeholders and offices elevated to Cabinet-rank (after <a href="/wiki/Demetrios_Marantis" title="Demetrios Marantis">Demetrios Marantis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Grenell" title="Richard Grenell">Richard Grenell</a>, Buttigieg, and <a href="/wiki/Vince_Micone" title="Vince Micone">Vince Micone</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bessent appeared before the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Finance" title="United States Senate Committee on Finance">United States Senate Committee on Finance</a> on January 16, 2025. During the hearing, he defended plans to impose tariffs, supported tax cut extensions, and called for tougher economic policies on China and Russia.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Finance" title="United States Senate Committee on Finance">United States Senate Committee on Finance</a> advanced his nomination to the Senate <a href="/wiki/Floor_(legislative)" title="Floor (legislative)">floor</a> by a 16–11 vote on January 21, 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Senate voted 68–29 to approve his nomination on January 27.<sup id="cite_ref-usatoday.com_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usatoday.com-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cnn.com_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn.com-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During Bessent's final confirmation hearing on January 27, a man intending to murder Bessent was arrested at the <a href="/wiki/US_Capitol" class="mw-redirect" title="US Capitol">US Capitol</a>. The man was in possession of multiple <a href="/wiki/Molotov_cocktail" title="Molotov cocktail">Molotov cocktails</a> and a knife.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure">Tenure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scott_Bessent&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Tenure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bessent was sworn in as the 79th Secretary of the Treasury by Supreme Court Justice <a href="/wiki/Brett_Kavanaugh" title="Brett Kavanaugh">Brett Kavanaugh</a> on January 28, 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 31, Bessent gave <a href="/wiki/Elon_Musk" title="Elon Musk">Elon Musk</a> and his <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency" title="Department of Government Efficiency">Department of Government Efficiency</a> team access to the Treasury Department's payment system, which sends out $6 trillion annually in payments from federal agencies and contains millions of Americans' personal tax information.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 1, 2025, Bessent was concurrently named the <a href="/wiki/Director_of_the_Consumer_Financial_Protection_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau">Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau</a>, replacing <a href="/wiki/Rohit_Chopra" title="Rohit Chopra">Rohit Chopra</a>, who was fired the same day.<sup id="cite_ref-BessentCFPB_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BessentCFPB-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bessent immediately ordered the agency to halt all work.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 3, Bessent, with the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_Commerce" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of Commerce">Secretary of Commerce</a>, was tasked with implementing a United States <a href="/wiki/Sovereign_Wealth_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="Sovereign Wealth Fund">Sovereign Wealth Fund</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Social_engagement">Social engagement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scott_Bessent&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Social engagement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Board_memberships">Board memberships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scott_Bessent&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Board memberships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bessent sits on the university council at <a href="/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:17_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:17-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He and his sister donated the Bessent Library to Yale University.<sup id="cite_ref-:24_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:24-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bessent has endowed three scholarships at Yale: one for students who are first-generation college matriculants, one for students from South Carolina, and one for students from the Bronx.<sup id="cite_ref-:24_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:24-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bessent chaired the investment committee and is a former member of the executive committee on the board of trustees of <a href="/wiki/Rockefeller_University" title="Rockefeller University">Rockefeller University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:25_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:25-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He formerly served on the board of <a href="/wiki/God%27s_Love_We_Deliver" title="God's Love We Deliver">God's Love We Deliver</a>, an organization founded to deliver meals for homebound people with <a href="/wiki/AIDS" class="mw-redirect" title="AIDS">AIDS</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:17_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:17-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is a trustee of Classical American Homes Preservation Trust (renamed the <a href="/wiki/Richard_Jenrette" title="Richard Jenrette">Richard Hampton Jenrette</a> Foundation),<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a former board member of the <a href="/wiki/Spoleto_Festival_USA" title="Spoleto Festival USA">Spoleto Festival USA</a> in Charleston, South Carolina.<sup id="cite_ref-:25_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:25-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bessent is also a member of the <a href="/wiki/Council_on_Foreign_Relations" title="Council on Foreign Relations">Council on Foreign Relations</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:17_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:17-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:25_54-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:25-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Philanthropy">Philanthropy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scott_Bessent&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Philanthropy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bessent opened two foundations in 2022, and created the McLeod Rehabilitation Center at the <a href="/wiki/Shriners_Hospital_for_Children" class="mw-redirect" title="Shriners Hospital for Children">Shriners Hospital for Children</a> in <a href="/wiki/Greenville,_South_Carolina" title="Greenville, South Carolina">Greenville</a>, South Carolina.<sup id="cite_ref-McDermott_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McDermott-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also supports the <a href="/wiki/Prince%27s_Trust" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince's Trust">Prince's Trust</a> in London and the Harlem Children's Zone in New York City.<sup id="cite_ref-McDermott_59-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McDermott-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has supported restoration of the <a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Russell_House" title="Nathaniel Russell House">Nathaniel Russell House</a>, a <a href="/wiki/National_Historic_Landmark" title="National Historic Landmark">National Historic Landmark</a> in Charleston.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Views">Views</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scott_Bessent&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Views"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a 2022 article commemorating former Japanese Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Shinzo_Abe" title="Shinzo Abe">Shinzo Abe</a>, Bessent wrote: "President Trump's most enduring achievement may have been to wake the United States and the world to the growing dangers of an ever-more-antagonistic China. In response, Abe's greatest foreign policy achievement was taking this awakening and developing a multilateral solution for containment."<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bessent has praised Trump's proposal to implement broad tariffs.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a November 2024 <a href="/wiki/Fox_News" title="Fox News">Fox News</a> op-ed, he wrote that the "U.S. opened its markets to the world, but China's resulting economic growth has only cemented the hold of a despotic regime" and argued tariffs "are a means to finally stand up for Americans".<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bessent argued that Trump's pledges to impose blanket 20% tariffs on all imports "were maximalist positions that would probably be watered down in talks with trading partners".<sup id="cite_ref-:4_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shadow_Fed_chair_proposal">Shadow Fed chair proposal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scott_Bessent&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Shadow Fed chair proposal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a 2024 interview in <a href="/wiki/Barron%27s" title="Barron's">Barron's</a>, Bessent proposed an alternative to any plan by Trump to replace <a href="/wiki/Federal_Reserve_chairman" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Reserve chairman">Federal Reserve chairman</a> <a href="/wiki/Jerome_Powell" title="Jerome Powell">Jerome Powell</a>, which "was to nominate and seek Senate confirmation of Powell’s replacement well over a year before Powell’s term ends in May 2026". This has been called the "shadow Fed chair" because the confirmed candidate could forecast Fed decisions (<a href="/wiki/Forward_guidance" title="Forward guidance">forward guidance</a>) after May 2026, while the present Fed chair makes decisions on present Fed policies. In essence, the plan would weaken the Fed chair's ability to present forward guidance for most of 2026.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> As Bessent described the plan on an October 11, 2024, broadcast on <a href="/wiki/Bloomberg_Radio" title="Bloomberg Radio">Bloomberg Radio</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><blockquote><p>If you believe forward guidance is good, why can’t you give forward guidance on who the Fed chair is going to be. You could do one of two things: The current Fed chair could be reappointed, so you’ve created a path there. Or the new Fed chair nominee would give forward guidance beyond the current Fed chair’s sell-by date.</p></blockquote><p>Ed Yardeni, president of Yardeni Research, told Barron's the idea would "create a lot of noise in the market" and would create a situation where investors would have to decide which Fed chair, the present one or the future one, had the greatest weight in terms of the decisions the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Open_Market_Committee" title="Federal Open Market Committee">Federal Open Market Committee</a> (FOMC), the Federal Reserve's main policy-setting committee.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response to the shadow Fed chair proposal, Senator <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Warren" title="Elizabeth Warren">Elizabeth Warren</a> said:<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><blockquote><p>I have been a fierce critic of Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s extreme interest rate hikes and lack of transparency, but I have never questioned that it is his job to make those decisions. It would be a serious error for the Trump administration to interfere with the Fed’s independence, as Mr. Bessent has suggested.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scott_Bessent&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Charleston_-_5_East_Battery_Street.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Charleston_-_5_East_Battery_Street.jpg/220px-Charleston_-_5_East_Battery_Street.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Charleston_-_5_East_Battery_Street.jpg/330px-Charleston_-_5_East_Battery_Street.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Charleston_-_5_East_Battery_Street.jpg/440px-Charleston_-_5_East_Battery_Street.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3563" data-file-height="2985" /></a><figcaption>Pink Palace in Charleston</figcaption></figure> <p>Bessent resides in <a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston, South Carolina</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and belongs to the <a href="/wiki/Huguenot_Church" title="Huguenot Church">Huguenot Church</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which his ancestors helped build in 1680.<sup id="cite_ref-huguenot_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-huguenot-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bessent and his husband, former <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> prosecutor John Freeman, have two children.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, Bessent purchased the historic John Ravenel House, owned by John Ravenel and inherited by his son <a href="/wiki/St._Julien_Ravenel" title="St. Julien Ravenel">St. Julien Ravenel</a> and his wife <a href="/wiki/Harriott_Horry_Ravenel" title="Harriott Horry Ravenel">Harriott Horry Ravenel</a>. The building restoration project was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Preservation_Society_of_Charleston" title="Preservation Society of Charleston">Preservation Society of Charleston's</a> Carolopolis Award in 2021. The mansion, known as the "Pink Palace", is on <a href="/wiki/The_Battery_(Charleston)" title="The Battery (Charleston)">Battery Street</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-McDermott_59-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McDermott-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2024 it was listed for $22,250,000.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of December 10, 2024, the sale was under contract.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bessent's net worth was valued at least at $521 million, according to his December 28, 2024, financial assets disclosure by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scott_Bessent&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 18,</span> 2025</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=HCL+Domino&rft.atitle=Scott+Bessent%27s+OGE+Form+278e&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fextapps2.oge.gov%2F201%2FPresiden.nsf%2FPAS%2BIndex%2F49D5550BCEB079A185258C0F00335A1B%2F%24FILE%2FBessent%252C%2520Scott%2520%2520final278.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AScott+Bessent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scott_Bessent&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Steven Drobny, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Hv9IuQ3_ooIC&dq=inside+the+house+of+money+scott+bessent&pg=PT195">"The Stock Operator: Scott Bessent,"</a> Inside the House of Money</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scott_Bessent&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/18px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/24px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span> Media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Scott_Bessent" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Scott Bessent">Scott Bessent</a> at Wikimedia Commons</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.c-span.org/person/?140504">Appearances</a> on <a href="/wiki/C-SPAN" title="C-SPAN">C-SPAN</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Janet_Yellen" title="Janet Yellen">Janet Yellen</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Treasury" title="United States Secretary of the Treasury">United States Secretary of the Treasury</a> </b><br />2025–present </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>Incumbent</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cfc;">Order of precedence </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Breyer" title="Stephen Breyer">Stephen Breyer</a></div><i><b>as Retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court </b></i> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_order_of_precedence" title="United States order of precedence">Order of precedence of the United States</a><br /><i><span style="font-size:85%;">as Secretary of the Treasury</span></i> </b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Pete_Hegseth" title="Pete Hegseth">Pete Hegseth</a></div><i><b>as <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary of Defense</a> </b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cfc;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession" title="United States presidential line of succession">U.S. presidential line of succession</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Marco_Rubio" title="Marco Rubio">Marco Rubio</a></div><i><b>as <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">Secretary of State</a> </b></i> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Fifth in line </b><br /><i><b><span style="font-size:85%;">as Secretary of the Treasury</span></b></i> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Pete_Hegseth" title="Pete Hegseth">Pete Hegseth</a></div><i><b>as <a 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title="Chuck Grassley">Chuck Grassley</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">Secretary of State</a> (<a href="/wiki/Marco_Rubio" title="Marco Rubio">Marco Rubio</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Treasury" title="United States Secretary of the Treasury">Secretary of the Treasury</a> (<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Scott Bessent</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary of Defense</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pete_Hegseth" title="Pete Hegseth">Pete Hegseth</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General" title="United States Attorney General">Attorney General</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pam_Bondi" title="Pam Bondi">Pam Bondi</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Interior" title="United States Secretary of the Interior">Secretary of the Interior</a> (<a href="/wiki/Doug_Burgum" title="Doug Burgum">Doug Burgum</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Agriculture" title="United States Secretary of Agriculture">Secretary of Agriculture</a> (<a href="/wiki/Brooke_Rollins" title="Brooke Rollins">Brooke Rollins</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Commerce" title="United States Secretary of Commerce">Secretary of Commerce</a> (<span style="background-color: #EEF;color:black;"><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Pelter" title="Jeremy Pelter">Jeremy Pelter</a>**</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Labor" title="United States Secretary of Labor">Secretary of Labor</a> (<span style="background-color: #EEF;color:black;"><a href="/wiki/Vince_Micone" title="Vince Micone">Vince Micone</a>**</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="United States Secretary of Health and Human Services">Secretary of Health and Human Services</a> (<a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr." title="Robert F. Kennedy Jr.">Robert F. Kennedy Jr.</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development" title="United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development">Secretary of Housing and Urban Development</a> (<a href="/wiki/Scott_Turner_(politician)" title="Scott Turner (politician)">Scott Turner</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Transportation" title="United States Secretary of Transportation">Secretary of Transportation</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sean_Duffy" title="Sean Duffy">Sean Duffy</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Energy" title="United States Secretary of Energy">Secretary of Energy</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chris_Wright" title="Chris Wright">Chris Wright</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Education" title="United States Secretary of Education">Secretary of Education</a> (<span style="background-color: #EEF;color:black;"><a href="/wiki/Denise_L._Carter" title="Denise L. Carter">Denise L. Carter</a>**</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Veterans_Affairs" title="United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs">Secretary of Veterans Affairs</a> (<a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(politician)" title="Doug Collins (politician)">Doug Collins</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Secretary of Homeland Security">Secretary of Homeland Security</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kristi_Noem" title="Kristi Noem">Kristi Noem</a>)</li></ol> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>** Ambiguity exists concerning eligibility to <a href="/wiki/Acting_President_of_the_United_States" title="Acting President of the United States">act as president</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" 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