Russ Hanneman

Russ Hanneman is the swaggering venture capitalist who made his fortune putting radio on the internet and has never once let anyone forget it. He roars around in a convertible, drops crude one-liners, and sizes up every deal by how many billions it might make him. He wants in on Pied Piper, and he wants credit.

He could have been a one-note tech-bro punchline, but Diamantopoulos plays him with such committed, oblivious joy — the tuchus voice, the box wine, the shrieking laugh — that the excess becomes the point. Russ is proof the show understands its world: money this absurd produces people exactly this absurd.