Too fast! Who are the Real-life Models of Silicon Valley Characters? By clicking Sign up, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider Hes more doofus than douchey, but its understandable why hes been called the latter. Of those, 19 have backed Newsom, donating a combined $5.7 million while three have thrown their financial weight behind Republican challenger Caitlyn Jenner. Plus, Oracle bears a prosodic similarity to Nucleus. } Gavin Newsom became the 40 th governor of California in 2019. Bachman started the incubator Hacker Hostel, seemingly based on the real hacker hostel (which was notably created by two women). This cookie is set by Linkedin.