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Silicon Valley | Season 1-5 | The Best of Gavin Belson

2.6M views · Jun 3, 2018 · 18:08 · 0 HN recommenders · 4 mentions · discussed 2021–2025

A compilation of the best Gavin Belson moments from Silicon Valley seasons 1 to 5, showing the show's self-absorbed tech CEO.

Why Hacker News points people here: Used as a joke whenever a tech executive acts like Belson, surrounded by yes-men or making grandiose claims.

What Hacker News said 4

Joke015aAug 2021
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> Of course, if you were the ceo of Google and have something like that happen. You would ask your teams, what are the different scenarios we can explore? And one of them would be killing the CEO of Epic. What people expect? this video

in “Google “contemplated buying some or all of Epic” to stop “contagion”” · view on HN
JokereducesufferingJul 2023

“Gavin Belson from the Silicon Valley series, surrounding himself with "yes men”

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Every section about the CEO just makes me think of Gavin Belson from the Silicon Valley series, surrounding himself with "yes men" and firing people who make him feel like he might be a little wrong. link this video this video

in “Esther Crawford: “Now is a good time to open up a bit”” · view on HN
JokereducesufferingSep 2023

“also Gavin Belson was spot on”

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"The challenge is his personality and demeanor can turn on a dime going from excited to angry. Since it was hard to read what mood he might be in and what his reaction would be to any given thing, people quickly became afraid of being called into meetings or having to share negative news with him." -Esther Crawford link also Gavin Belson was spot on link this video this video

in “Elon Musk moving servers himself shows his ‘maniacal sense of urgency’ at X” · view on HN
JokeDonHopkinsSep 2025

“The Best of Gavin Belson”

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>extreme resilience You misspelled narcissistic psychopath. The Best of Gavin Belson: this video The Best of Russ Hanneman: link

in “Do YC after you graduate: Early decision for students” · view on HN