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Treasury pick Mnuchin bet on Trump and won

Former Goldman Sachs executive turned Hollywood financier was Trump’s campaign finance chairman

Steven Mnuchin
Steven Mnuchin Photo: Getty Images

Steven Mnuchin built his career sniffing out undervalued assets and converting them into massive profits. But perhaps his greatest trade just came in the political arena.

Mnuchin, a 53-year-old former Goldman Sachs banker turned Hollywood financier, parlayed a six-month stint as Donald Trump's campaign finance chairman into the president-elect's pick to be Treasury secretary.

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