Shugaban-zabe Donald Trump ya sanar da sunan Scott Bessent a matsayin dan takarar sa na Sakataren Harkaruwar Amurka, wanda zai gaji Janet Yellen idan aka tabbatar da shi. Bessent, wanda ya kasance babban jamiāin saka jari a Soros Fund Management, ya zama wani masani a harkar tattalin arziki na Trump, inda ya goyi bayan manufofin tattalin arzikin tsohon shugaban kasa, gami da tarife da raguwar kashe kudade.
Bessent, wanda ya kammala karatunsa a Jamiāar Yale, ya fara neman aiki a matsayin edita na jaridar Yale Daily News, amma bayan ya kasa samun aikin, ya canza hanyar sa na koma harkar kudi. Ya samu horo tare da maāaikacin kudi Jim Rogers, abokin tarayya na George Soros na kafa Quantum Fund. Bessent ya zama babban jamiāin saka jari na shugaban Key Square Capital Management, wani kamfanin saka jari na hedji a New York.
Bessent ya yi aiki tare da Soros Fund Management, inda ya taka rawa wajen saka zaben da ya samar da kudaden dalar Amurka miliyan daya a cikin watanni uku ta hanyar saka zaben yen tsakanin yenen Japan. Ya kuma zama babban jamiāin saka jari na ofishin iyali na Soros, inda ya samar da kudaden dalar Amurka biliyan daya ta hanyar saka zaben pound na Biritaniya.
Bessent ya nuna goyon bayansa ga manufofin tattalin arzikin Trump, ciki har da tarife, wanda ya ki amincewa da ra’ayin wasu masana tattalin arziki da suka ce tarifen zai iya kawo karuwar farashin kayayyaki. A cikin wata makala a Fox News, Bessent ya rubuta cewa tarifen Trump a lokacin da ya fara mulki ba ta kawo karuwar farashin kayayyaki ba, a kan annabce-annabcen da aka yi a lokacin.
Bessent ya yi kira da a rage kudaden shiga na gwamnati da dala biliyan 100 a shekara kuma ya nuna goyon bayansa ga sake sauya dokokin banki, domin a ba bankuna damar ba da bashi. Ya kuma zama abokin kamfen din Trump, inda ya halarci tarurrukan kamfen din da Trump ya gabatar da manufofin tattalin arzikinsa.
A yanzu, Bessent yana zaune a jihar South Carolina tare da mijinsa, John Freeman, wanda ya kasance alkalin birnin New York, kuma suna da yara biyu ta hanyar surrogacy).