Mark Cuban
The Silicon Valley characters are inspired are real people. Russ Hanneman is definitely based on Mark Cuban.T.J. Miller, who played Erlich, initially auditioned to play Richard. Mike Judge, the series' creator, claims that Richard is partially based on Mark Zuckerberg. This is made evident in the press conference during the sixth season's premiere episode, a parody of Zuckerberg's "data hacking" conference."The CEO of Hooli is clearly patterned after (Salesforce CEO) Marc Benioff," BuzzFeed founder Jonah Peretti wrote. They both run enterprise companies while also "bettering the world through charity, destroying the competition, and seeking spiritual council from gurus."
Who is Peter Gregory based on : If you've seen the HBO show Silicon Valley, you know that the characters are loosely based on real Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. Peter Gregory is PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel. Gavin Belson is a mixture of the two Google founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
Who is Gavin Belson based on
Trivia. Gavin is based on two real-life CEOs, Sergei Brin (formerly of Google) and Jeff Bezos (Amazon), as well as Gavin Newsom, the current Governor of California and former Mayor of San Francisco. The role of Gavin Belson was given to Matt Ross after he auditioned for the role of Peter Gregory.
Who is Gavin Belson inspired by : Originally Answered: Are any of the characters in HBO's "Silicon Valley" based off real people But Gavin while his company might look like Google he is clearly a parody of Marc Benioff from Salesforce.
Peter Thiel
Originally Answered: Are any of the characters in HBO's "Silicon Valley" based off real people Peter Gregory is a mix between Peter Thiel (college dropout encouragement) and Paul Graham (incubator-style investment, and initials). Gavin Belson is a mix between Brin, Page, and Schmidt.
I could blame it on a malfunction of my in frame box servers. The board would have nothing to blame you for Jack I'm speechless I'm embarrassed to say it but I was beginning to question your loyalty.
Why did they write off Peter Gregory
Peter Gregory's death in the show was unplanned. It was written into the story after Welch himself died of complications from cancer in late 2013.It's widely believed that Hooli is a parody of Google and its villainous founder Gavin Belson (Matt Ross) is an amalgamation of founders Page and Sergey Brin, among other well-known Bay Area entrepreneurs.Christopher Evan Welch, who plays Peter Gregory, died of a heart attack midway through the filming of the season. He was 48. Two weeks ago, viewers saw his last episode, where it was revealed that Peter Gregory and his arch rival, Gavin Belson, used to be his close friends.
Erlich Bachman wanted to be Steve Jobs, but he was more like Sean Parker.
Who is Peter based on in Silicon Valley : Peter Thiel
The late Peter Gregory embodied Peter Thiel to his core. (The actor who played him, Christopher Evan Welch, died of a heart attack midway through filming season one.)