Bessent joined Soros Fund Management (SFM) in 1991 until 2000. After resigning from SFM in 2000, Bessent founded a $1 billion hedge fund. Bessent returned to Soros Fund Management and was chief investment officer from 2011 to 2015. Bessent founded Key Square Group in 2015 with Michael Germino, who had been the global head of capital markets at SFM. Key Square received a $2 billion anchor investment from George Soros.









