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According to his financial assets disclosure by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, Bessent's net worth was at least $521 million as of December 28, 2024; his actual net worth is speculated to be around $600 million.[128] At that time, he owned more than $50 million in each of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, the Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF, and the Invesco QQQ, as well as real estate in the Bahamas worth $5 million to $25 million and a home in Cashiers, North Carolina, worth $5 million to $25 million.[129] In 2025, he owned farmland worth up to $25 million in North Dakota that provides him a rental income of up to $1 million per year.[130][131] Bessent said he divested his North Dakota farmland in December 2025 as part of his ethics agreement as secretary of the treasury.[132]