Scott Bessent born in Conway, South Carolina

Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent is born in Conway, South Carolina. His father, Homer Gaston Bessent Jr., is a real-estate developer. Bessent later says his family struggled financially and that he began working at age nine. He becomes the first in his family to attend an Ivy League university, earning a B.A. from Yale University in 1984 and going on to a four-decade career in global macro investing.