 Gibran then started Markobar, a martabak chain, in 2015, and the chain had 29 locations in Indonesia by 2017.Jokowi commented in 2017 that though he did not initially approve of Gibran's business, Gibran's company ended up being valued higher than his furniture company.In July 2019, Gibran was named a favourite candidate for the 2020 election of Surakarta's mayor, his father's position before becoming Governor of Jakarta and later President of Indonesia, according to a survey by Slamet Riyadi University based there.