BLACK ROCK CITY, NEV. — The influence of Burning Man is being felt from the halls of power to small-town America. And it transcends traditional party boundaries. It is not just Big Tech titans represented at Burning Man — it has become a New Age, pagan playground for the wealthy and powerful. Just this year, Business Insider described it as a “playground for billionaires, Hollywood A-listers, and Silicon Valley elites alike.” From across the political spectrum and around the world to a broad cross section of industries, Burning Man is becoming famous for attracting some of the richest and most influential people in the world.

Nicole Shanahan, a Silicon Valley billionaire and former vice-presidential running mate for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. who was married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin, publicly denounced Burning Man as “demonic” following her conversion to Christianity. And in a powerful exposé posted on social media last year titled “Is Burning Man Demonic?,” she hinted at the significance of what is happening here.

“Within the span of a single week, [Burning Man] concentrates a kind of nucleus of power — intellectual, financial, spiritual — that I have never witnessed assembled in one place before,” wrote Shanahan, who even got (re-)married at the event in 2022.

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