On Friday Donald Trump announced hedge fund manager Scott Bessent as his treasury secretary nominee, which if confirmed by Congress would give him one of the most powerful offices within the incoming administration.

From his years working for George Soros to his role as a key economic advisor to Trump, Bessent has extensive if contradictory Wall Street experience.

Politics are shunted to the side. Wooden wanted to win, so did Walton and Alcindor. For coach or players to have allowed politics to get in the way of coaching, improving and winning would have been self-defeating for all concerned.

The Treasury Secretary is a high-level Cabinet position charged with advising the president on matters related to financial, economic and tax policy.

President-elect Donald Trump has picked Scott Bessent, a hedge fund manager and major Trump fundraiser, to be his next Treasury secretary, people familiar with the decision said. Bessent, who has been among Trump’s biggest allies on Wall Street,

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is preparing to name Scott Bessent, a longtime hedge fund investor who taught at Yale University for several years, to be his treasury secretary, Bloomberg reported on Friday,