Facebook product specialist Dave Goldblatt paid $20,000 in a charity auction to have a character named after himself in the next Game of Thrones book. Goldblatt chose to be a "Valryian." We always thought of Facebook more as a Lannister.

Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of the unambiguously sinister data-mining startup Palantir and Clarium Capital alum, is just like the rest of us. When he turns 30, he rents out a castle. And when it's time to watch Game of Thrones, he procures a replica Iron Throne for himself.

When rumors first crossed the nerd wire that Facebook vet and inveterate party boy Sean Parker was finally settling down in a medieval themed wedding, he was quick to correct. Really, where would anyone ever get the idea that his wife-to-be is obsessed with Game of Thrones?