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Politics
In 2000, Bessent hosted a fundraiser for Al Gore at his East Hampton, New York, home.In 2016, Bessent donated $1 million to Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
In February 2024, Bessent hosted a fundraiser in Greenville, South Carolina, that raised nearly $7 million for Donald Trump's 2024 campaign. In April 2024, Bessent was a host for a Palm Beach, Florida, fundraiser that raised $50 million for the Trump campaign.
In July 2024, Bloomberg Businessweek reported that Bessent was a key economic advisor to President Trump. He is reportedly a candidate for United States Secretary of the Treasury in a second Trump administration, and proposed a three-point economic plan for Trump modeled on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's "Three Arrows" economic policy.
Board memberships
Bessent sits on the university council at Yale University. Bessent and his sister donated the Bessent Library to Yale University. 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.
Bessent chairs the investment committee and is a member of the executive committee on the board of trustees of Rockefeller University.
Bessent formerly served on the board of God's Love We Deliver, an organization founded to deliver meals for homebound people with AIDS.
He is vice-chair of Classical American Homes Preservation Trust, and a former board member of the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina Bessent is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Philanthropy
In 2016, Bessent restored the historic Daniel Ravenel House and was later awarded the Preservation Society of Charleston's Carolopolis Award for the project. Bessent opened two foundations in 2022, and created the McLeod Rehabilitation Center at the Shriners Hospital for Children in Greenville, South Carolina. He also supports the Prince's Trust in London and the Harlem Children's Zone in New York City
Personal life
Bessent resides in Charleston, South Carolina.
Bessent is a supporter of Donald Trump and was a co-chair at a Republican fundraiser for the former President in Palm Beach, Florida.
Bessent and his husband, former New York City prosecutor, John Freeman, have two children.
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