Skull and Bones

oddly blANK? SEE UBER TheBrain

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Bessent had a summer job as a busboy at age 9.^[14] In 1980, he graduated from North Myrtle Beach High School in Little River, South Carolina.^[16][17] He considered attending the United States Naval Academy but decided not to as he was unwilling to lie about his sexual orientation.^[14]

Bessent graduated from Yale College in 1984 with a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in political science.^[11][18] He was on the board of the Yale Daily News, acted as president of the Wolf's Head Society, and was the class treasurer.^[19][20] He also chaired the 1984 Yale Alumni Fund and was an assistant to the director of athletics.^[11][21] As an undergraduate, Bessent interned with Jim Rogers, a co-founder of the Quantum Fund, after meeting him at a Yale career center event.^[20]