But his overarching goal for me ran much deeper: As his only child, he wanted me to grow up to be a financially savvywoman who could take care of herself.
"Of course everyone is entitled to a peer group that they enjoy, " Burk, who is also the author of "Your Voice, Your Vote: The Savvy Woman's Guide to Power, Politics, and the Change We Need, " said.
"Carine's probably the most creative person I've met in my life, " he told CNN, describing her as a savvy business woman with a finely-tuned intuition as to what her readers want.