Billionaire Scott Bessent is poised to break ground as America’s first openly-gay Treasury Secretary after Donald Trump selected him for the role. If approved by the Senate after his hearing on Thursday, the 62-year-old founder of global macro investment firm Key Square Group will helm America’s economic policies for the next four years. The hedge fund heavyweight is known for running in the same social circles as King Charles, being one of Trump’s closest advisors, and living in an iconic pink mansion with his husband and two children.
So what do we know about Bessent’s life outside the world of finance with his husband of 13 years, ex attorney John Freeman? Freeman is a former prosecutor, reportedly in New York City, but he has been living with Bessent in their southern mansion known as the Pink Palace for eight years. They tied the knot in 2011, before purchasing the eight-bedroom, 10-bath home in Bessent’s native South Carolina for $6.5 million in 2016.
