Frank Vernon

**Frank Vernon** is a longtime confidant of Logan Roy and the former COO of Waystar Royco. He is portrayed by Peter Friedman.

## History

### Early life

Frank Vernon arrived to give Logan Roy legal advice 30 years ago, and never got out the door. Since that day, he was proud to call him a friend.

### Season 1

Kendall arrives early to work to make final preparations for with Lawrence Yee. **Frank Vernon** accompanies him in the board room, but the deal quickly goes south and Mr. Lawrence leaves.

Roman agrees to sign the trust papers presented by Logan, but only if he is brought in as COO. Logan agrees to fire Frank.

Kendall is informed that he will be CEO in Logan's absence, following Logan's stroke. They also inform him that just before the stroke, Logan had fired Frank and promoted Roman to COO. Kendall, however, wishes for Frank to remain COO. Frank declines Kendall's request, and informs him that there will be a lot of mess to clean up.

Frank is rehired to overshadow Roman, but Roman is very opposed to the idea and repeatedly insults him.

Frank calls Kendall, who grabs Roman, into their father's office. Logan has been discussing acquiring local TV stations with Karl and Gerri. Kendall and Roman are avidly against the idea of "local news." Logan calls Roman a moron and calls the meeting over, all but Frank and Roman leaving. They then witness Logan pour himself coffee, overfilling the cup while seemingly unaware of it.

As Kendall rushes to the building, Frank calls the board meeting and asks Logan to leave the room. Frank attempts to stall the vote until Kendall can arrive. Logan refuses to leave the room, and instead berates numerous board members, including Roman, into voting in his favor. Frank and several others vote in favor of Kendall, but the majority goes to Logan. Kendall finally arrives at the boardroom but Logan immediately fires him, along with everyone else who voted against him, including Frank. Kendall is then escorted out of the building by security, not even being allowed time to gather his things.

Kendall and Frank meet two young artists, once of which, Angela, has an idea for a new app that would find and promote small artists to people with larger pockets. Though they are in it for their love of art and helping people, Kendall is clearly in to make money.

Kendall is informed by Frank that Angela has decided to work with someone else, which angers Kendall. He spots her at the same party and decides to confront her, to which she tells him to fuck off.

### Season 2

Logan informs everyone that Waystar Royco will be taking over media-giant PGM. He asks if anyone objects to being involved with the Pierce family, yet the few negative comments made are immediately shut down. He also decides to bring rehire **Frank Vernon**, as he is personally close with Nan Pierce, head of PGM. Kendall agrees with his father on the issue, while Roman mocks him for it.

Once in Hungary, Frank arrives at their home to greet the rest of the company. Ken, Logan, and Frank have a quick meeting to discuss their plans regarding PGM.

Not long into dinner, Logan confronts his staff members, demanding to know who had been in contact with the Pierce family, as well as with Pantsil. He first insults Frank, then asks Karl if his wife knows of all his visits to the whorehouse. Logan proposes that they a play a game called "boar on the floor", and has Karl, followed by Tom and Greg, stand in the front of the room. They're then instructed to get on their hands and knees and fight over sausage, the loser being considered the mole. While doing so, Logan berates and shouts at them, and has everyone else join in.

Before arriving back home, Frank informs Logan that Pierce's CEO, Rhea Jarrell, emailed him and is interested in meeting. The family flies company helicopters to meet the Pierce family. The family is waiting for them once they arrive, and Frank greets Nan Pierce.

Back in New York, Shiv, uninterested, is shadowing Frank for the day, yet slips away before he can stop her. She is passed by Karolina who brushes into Frank's office, informing him that the cruise ship stories are about to make headlines.

## References

1. ↑ Celebration
2. ↑ Sh\*t Show at the F\*\*k Factory
3. ↑ Sad Sack Wasp Trap
4. ↑ I Went to Market
5. ↑ Which Side Are You On?
6. ↑ Prague
7. ↑ Hunting
8. ↑ Tern Haven
9. ↑ Argestes