Silicon Valley (TV Series)

Bad Money (2015)

Matt Ross: Gavin Belson

Quotes 

• Gavin Belson : Everyone on Twitter is saying I'm an anti-Semite. You were there.

  Spiritual Advisor : I was. And what I saw was an anti anti-Semite.

• Gavin Belson : [On a talk show]  I counsel any young founder today to pursue your dream not for profit or valuation or material wealth, but for the good of humanity.

  Kara : Which is easy for you to say, being a billionaire.

  Gavin Belson : don't care for your tone, Kara. I'm getting a little tired of this bias against the leaders of our industry. I'm continually creating jobs and helping people, and I'm tired of getting slapped for it. I didn't steal the money I have, and I resent being treated like I did. You know, there is a climate in this country that is very dangerous.

  Kara : It's dangerous out there for billionaires?

  Gavin Belson : There's that attitude again, Kara. Billionaires are people, too. We are leaders in technology, in industry, in finance. Look at history. Do you know who else vilified a tiny minority of financiers and progressive thinkers called the Jews?

  Kara : Wait a minute. Did you just compare the treatment of billionaires in America today to the plight of the Jews in Nazi Germany?

  Gavin Belson : Absolutely. One could argue that billionaires are actually treated worse. And we didn't even do anything wrong. We're an even smaller minority. There's a lot more of them.