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

Pickle Rick · 2.6M views · 2018-06-03 · 18:08

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Overview

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

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Used as a joke whenever a tech executive acts like Belson, surrounded by yes-men or making grandiose claims.

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DonHopkins · 2025-09 · Joke / meme

>extreme resilience You misspelled narcissistic psychopath. The Best of Gavin Belson: [VIDEO] The Best of Russ Hanneman: [LINK]

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reducesuffering · 2023-09 · Joke / meme

"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] [VIDEO] [VIDEO]

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reducesuffering · 2023-07 · Joke / meme

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] [VIDEO] [VIDEO]

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