Uploaded September 2017 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
“My dad raised four women. He was very empowering towards his daughters. That’s a big core of who I am.
I started working with Burning Man in 1997. We were just struggling against the government to try to make something happen in the middle of the desert.
My dad didn’t care for it originally. He thought it was a cult. He was very right-wing Republican, Harvard Business School. So I came out of that experience, understanding conservative finances, and then I’m sort of in a really liberal world.
I sought his advice to help us become solvent and stable. The risk of not doing it right would cause you to fail or to lose people or to have them lose their paychecks. That’s often my biggest motivation - that’s why I’m CEO.
I know that my father was really proud that I developed as a leader through Burning Man. I remember ‘05 was the year he told me he wanted to come. It was very validating to have my dad at Burning Man. Looking back on the city and seeing all the colorful lights, he knew it was a creative force on the world stage. That’s one of those moments where it’s like, ‘I had something to do with that.’”
--Marian G., #LivesofWomen
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“My dad raised four women. He was very empowering towards his daughters. That’s a big core of who I am.
I started working with Burning Man in 1997. We were just struggling against the government to try to make something happen in the middle of the desert.
My dad didn’t care for it originally. He thought it was a cult. He was very right-wing Republican, Harvard Business School. So I came out of that experience, understanding conservative finances, and then I’m sort of in a really liberal world.
I sought his advice to help us become solvent and stable. The risk of not doing it right would cause you to fail or to lose people or to have them lose their paychecks. That’s often my biggest motivation - that’s why I’m CEO.
I know that my father was really proud that I developed as a leader through Burning Man. I remember ‘05 was the year he told me he wanted to come. It was very validating to have my dad at Burning Man. Looking back on the city and seeing all the colorful lights, he knew it was a creative force on the world stage. That’s one of those moments where it’s like, ‘I had something to do with that.’”
--Marian G., #LivesofWomen
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Lives of Women
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Instagram: instagram.com/livesofwomen
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