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Treasury Pick Steven Mnuchin Bet on Donald Trump and Won

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

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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.

Mr. Mnuchin, a 53-year-old former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 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.

Mr. Mnuchin’s Wall Street pedigree...

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