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Hired!She Found a Unicorn in the Trash: How the CLEAR CEO Turned Bankruptcy Into BillionsCLEAR Founder, CEO, and Chair Caryn Seidman-Becker shares how she transformed a bankrupt startup into a $4 billion biometric security company. She explains her vision for CLEAR, its growth into more than 60 airports, and how its technology now serves over 36 million members nationwide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2026-01-1739 minEveryone Talks To Liz ClamanShe Found a Unicorn in the Trash: How the CLEAR CEO Turned Bankruptcy Into BillionsCLEAR Founder, CEO, and Chair Caryn Seidman-Becker shares how she transformed a bankrupt startup into a $4 billion biometric security company. She explains her vision for CLEAR, its growth into more than 60 airports, and how its technology now serves over 36 million members nationwide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2026-01-1739 min
CNBC Changemakers and Power PlayersClear CEO’s no-fear formula for massive growth 1/13/26The CNBC Changemakers and Power Players podcast features conversations with leaders shaping the future of business, policy, and culture. In this episode, CNBC's Julia Boorstin talks with Caryn Seidman-Becker, a 2025 CNBC Changemaker and the CEO of Clear. They discuss how Caryn transformed Clear from a bankrupt travel company into a secure identity platform serving more than 30 million members, expanding beyond airports into enterprise partnerships with DocuSign and LinkedIn, combating AI-driven deepfakes and identity fraud, and Caryn's philosophy of being "indefatigable" in pursuing opportunities that seemed impossible years ago. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.a...
2026-01-1327 min
After EarningsCLEAR's CEO Caryn Seidman Becker on Frictionless Travel, Biometrics & International ExpansionAnn Berry is joined in-studio by CLEAR's CEO Caryn Seidman Becker They review the company’s latest quarter, the rollout of eGates and how the company is preparing for global expansion. Caryn shares what’s driving CLEAR’s growth across travel and enterprise, why healthcare is a major unlock and the ways digital identity is becoming a core layer of modern life.
Highlights include: CLEAR's origin story and buyout from bankruptcy plus how the company navigated this fall's government shutdown.
00:00 — Caryn Seidman Becker Joins
00:53 — What’s Powering Clear’s Mome...
2025-12-1528 min
Brew MarketsTravel’s ‘Frictionless Future’ with CLEAR’s CEO & Home Depot Weathers Few StormsEpisode 67: Today, Ann takes a look at CLEAR, the identity security company whose service you may use to cut those airport lines. Ann sits down with CEO Caryn Seidman Becker for the latest on the impact of the government shutdown and what’s next for biometrics. Then we take a look at earnings for Home Depot and why a quiet storm season may have driven down revenue. Plus, Klarna expands into credit card offerings - looking to expand now and profit later.
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2025-11-1828 min
Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'ShaughnessyCaryn Seidman-Becker: Rebuilding CLEARMy guest today is Caryn Seidman-Becker. Caryn is the Chairman and CEO of Clear. She bought the company out of bankruptcy for $6 million in 2010 and built it into the identity platform millions use in airports and stadiums today. Her Wall Street background investing in Apple, Amazon, and Priceline taught her to recognize when products become platforms, which shaped her vision for Clear as the "definitive secure identity platform" far beyond travel. Caryn shares the gritty early days of literally hunting down hardware in airport storage facilities and rebuilding the entire business from scratch. She embodies an incredible "bias for...
2025-07-081h 27
The Forum with Becky QuickAdvice from Top CEOsListen as seven different industry-leading CEOs share their perspectives on leadership, what it takes to make a lasting impact, the core values that drive them forward, and the challenges and opportunities that will shape our future. Speakers: Caryn Seidman Becker – CEO & Co-Founder, CLEARPaul Cormier – Chairman, Former President & CEO, RedHatCharles Evans – President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of ChicagoJames Gorman – Chairman & CEO, Morgan StanleyBrad Jacobs – Former CEO, XPO Logistics, United Rentals, & United Waste SystemsScott Kirby – CEO, United Airlines Hans Vestberg
2023-09-0718 min
The Kara Goldin Show423 Caryn Seidman Becker: CEO of CLEARIn this outstanding episode, Caryn Seidman Becker, CEO of CLEAR, sits down with Kara Goldin to discuss her journey in starting and scaling as the CEO of CLEAR. You’ve seen CLEAR in airports and at entrances of sporting events, but in 2010, it was just a vision she and her co-founder shared to create a secure identity platform that would enable a secure, predictable and frictionless experience for consumers. Listen in as Caryn shares her incredible journey building this data centric brand with more than 16 million members and a growing network of partners across the world, how CLEAR's identity pl...
2023-08-0734 min
Eye on Travel with Peter GreenbergAn extended conversation with the CEO of Clear and what you need to know about travel insurance
This week's Eye on Travel Podcast with Peter Greenberg from The Hyatt Regency Orlando in Orlando, Florida. First, we catch up with Caryn Seidman Becker, the CEO of Clear, with a report on the real numbers at the airports and how technology may be coming to the rescue in more ways than one as we head into the summer and rest of 2023. Then, Christina Tunnah from World Nomads stops by to discuss a continually confusing topic - travel insurance. An intelligent and necessary conversation about what you need to know before hitting “accept.”
2023-05-3132 min
In Search Of ExcellenceRelentless Work Ethic: Why It Is Essential For Entrepreneurs | E60Work ethic is THE single-biggest determinant of your success. In this epsidoe, learn from how the best in the world refine their work ethic and hear their thoughts on how to achieve true excellence in life and business. What is success? What are the key ingredients to success? How to overcome challenges and stay motivated? How to give back and inspire others? These are just a few of the questions they will answer. Tune in to hear more and grow and thrive on your path to excellence!(00:00) IntroductionSandee domain (www.sand.ee > www.s...
2023-05-0934 min
Squawk PodTesla’s Master Plan, A CLEAR Travel Picture, An ESG Vote 03/02/23Tesla investors were unimpressed by the company’s presentation at this week’s investor day. CNBC’s Phil Lebeau recaps the stock reaction and investor disappointment, while former Ford CEO Mark Fields offers a big picture perspective on electric vehicles and the competition between software companies making cars and automakers making software. Biometric security company CLEAR is ramping up its presence in US airports and stadiums; CEO Caryn Seidman-Becker discusses traveler traffic and trends, including her bullish outlook on the industry, despite rising airfares. Plus, investors concerned about the Fed’s interest rate hikes are pushing bond yields higher, and the...
2023-03-0226 minIn Search Of ExcellenceExtreme Preparation: The Key To Your Success | E48The episode today is a special one – I took the best segments about Extreme Preparation to highlight the importance of using preparation as the key to our success. Extreme Preparation was the most important determinant of my success, as it was for all my guests – they out-prepared their competition by always being the most prepared person in the room!As you can see, Extreme Preparation is something very close to my heart – it has opened doors that were closed and even closed doors that would’ve ended in disaster – deals that would’ve gone wrong if I had prepared...
2023-02-141h 04
Breakthrough LabsCreating Frictionless Experiences Powered by YouIn this episode of the podcast, General Atlantic Co-President, Managing Director and Chairman of the Global Technology Group Anton Levy sits down with Caryn Seidman-Becker, Chairman and CEO of CLEAR, a leading biometrics company that streamlines authentication and security as it strives to provide a safe, secure and frictionless way for people to live, work and travel, including solutions for airports, sports stadiums and anywhere else credentials need to be verified. They discuss Caryn’s first job on Wall Street working in risk arbitrage; her decision to start her own investment firm named Arience Capital; discovering Verified Identity Pass an...
2022-11-0938 min
the BabeAF podcast140. 'Power Rising: These are the Forbes #womentowatch in 2022', an article by Maggie McGrath! Let's go babes!Sometimes when you're creating an opportunity to showcase amazing women every week, and then... @forbeswomen does it every year, giving you a 'better late than never' nudge to learn more about and highlight magnificently dynamic women you never would have known about inside your little life bubble. So thank you x infinity to Maggie McGrath, for writing about women who run companies, currencies and countries. You're really helping this babe out this week, so I can't wait to see the 2022 list!
Cheers to Mia Mottley- first female prime minister for Barbados, Najla Bouden Romdhane- Tunisia’s first-ever fem...
2022-10-2715 min
Eye on Travel with Peter GreenbergCBS Town Hall on the Current State of Air Travel 2022
This week's Eye on Travel Podcast with Peter Greenberg features the complete CBS Town Hall on the Current State of Air Travel 2022 which featured conversations and panels with Admiral David Pekoske, the Administrator for the TSA, the CEO of JetBlue, Robin Hayes, Caryn Seidman-Becker, the CEO of CLEAR, Sarah Nelson, the head of the Flight Attendants union, Captain Dennis Tajer, from the Allied Pilots Association, Nick Calio from Airlines for America, Sean Donohue, the CEO of DFW Airport, and Charlie Leocha, the head of consumer advocacy group, Travelers United.
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2022-09-211h 49In Search Of ExcellenceCaryn Seidman-Becker: Becoming Indefatigable | E23In 2002 Caryn Seidman-Becker created and ran a successful hedge fund that ultimately grew to $1.5 billion assets - an amount that was unheard of for a woman to manage at the time. When the financial crisis hit in 2008, Caryn - like thousands of other funds - closed her fund. She loved managing money, but decided to do something different - buy an airport-focused biometric-identity company that had raised $90 million and had filed for bankruptcy. She bid $5.87 million at the bankruptcy option, renamed the company CLEAR, raised $150 million in capital from various investors including Delta Airlines and United Airlines, and...
2022-07-051h 15
The Skift Travel PodcastPrivacy and Frictionless Travel With CLEAR CEOClear's previous experience vetting travelers and moving them quickly through airport security put it in an excellent position to take on the challenges of identity, health, and vaccination in the (hopefully) coming post-Covid panic world.
"Cyber and privacy and data security are in our roots, but also we have a brand that’s continually communicating about privacy, data security and what we’re doing," said CLEAR CEO Caryn Seidman Becker while speaking with Skift Senior Travel Tech Editor Sean O’Neill at Skift Global Forum 2021. Listen now for the full interview.
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2021-12-2623 min
Eye on Travel with Peter GreenbergClear CEO Caryn Seidman-Becker, AskThePilot.com Founder Patrick Smith and more
This week's Eye on Travel Podcast with Peter Greenberg covers the latest in security technology, the grand finale of Alitalia and the return of normalcy to cruising with Clear CEO Caryn Seidman-Becker, AskThePilot.com Founder Patrick Smith and The Points Guy Writer Ashley Kosciolek.
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2021-11-1049 min
SBJ UnpacksSBJ Unpacks: Caryn Seidman BeckerCLEAR Chair & CEO Caryn Seidman Becker’s company has significantly deepened its ties in sports amid the pandemic. She joins SBJ’s Andrew Levin to discuss the implications of, and growth plans for, CLEAR’s technology, including its Health Pass platform, which allows fans to quickly and securely confirm their identity via biometrics.
*Recorded 4/1/21
2021-04-0225 min
Eye on Travel with Peter GreenbergCLEAR CEO Caryn Seidman-Becker, U.S. Tour Operators Association President Terry Dale and more
This week's Eye on Travel Podcast with Peter Greenberg covers storing your health + personal data for ease of travel, pent-up demand for National Parks and using your miles as soon as you earn them with CLEAR CEO Caryn Seidman-Becker, U.S. Tour Operators Association President Terry Dale and World’s Most Frequent Flyer Tom Stuker.
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2021-03-0337 min
Eye on Travel with Peter GreenbergClear CEO Caryn Seidman-Becker, The Wall Street Journal Travel Editor Scott McCartney and more
This week's Eye on Travel Podcast with Peter Greenberg covers the future of touch-less travel, the current world of mile redemption and the potentially grim forthcomings of international travel with Clear CEO Caryn Seidman-Becker, The Wall Street Journal Travel Editor Scott McCartney and AskThePilot.com Founder & Airline Pilot Patrick Smith.
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2020-10-2845 min
The ID Talk PodcastYear in Review: CLEAR CEO Caryn Seidman-Becker Talks Border Control, Sports Stadiums and BiometricsIn celebration of the 17th annual FindBiometrics Year in Review, throughout January the ID Talk Podcast is showcasing conversations with identity industry leaders. On this latest episode, we are excited to welcome Caryn Seidman-Becker, CEO of CLEAR, a leading biometrics company known best for its airport passenger screening deployments all across the USA.
The discussion begins on the topic of the decade in biometric border control and the many obstacles CLEAR faced as it built up its impressive network. The interview then delves into the advent of smart stadiums, and how CLEAR’s expansion into events venue spaces offers unique op...
2020-01-2727 min
Eye on Travel with Peter GreenbergTravel Today with Peter Greenberg – International Pow Wow 2019 in Anaheim, CA
This week, Travel Today with Peter Greenberg comes from Anaheim, California. Mike Boyd, President of the Boyd Aviation Group, talks with Peter about the investigation and fallout of the two Boeing 737 MAX crashes and their possible connection to past disasters. And then, if necessity is the mother of invention, Peter has a timely conversation with CEO of CLEAR Caryn Seidman-Becker about its direct impact on the passenger airport security experience. Roger Dow, President and CEO of the U.S. Travel Association, discusses the different approaches in marketing strategies between Hilton and Marriott as well as the steady rate of travel price...
2019-07-171h 07
Talking PointsBest Of: Lady BossesTalking Points now drops on Wednesdays! Toady we have another 'Best Of' to highlight the women who are dominating the travel space. On this episode, you'll hear interviews with Caryn Seidman-Becker, the CEO and co-founder of CLEAR, Kristin Lemkau, the CMO of Chase, and Joanna Geraghty, JetBlue's president and COO. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019-05-2942 min
Talks at GSCaryn Seidman Becker
In this episode, Clear CEO Caryn Seidman Becker discusses how biometrics are revolutionizing security in airports, stadiums and beyond, and how privacy and regulation will shape the future of identification technology. The interview is moderated by Goldman Sachs' Amanda Rubin.
Date: January 24, 2019
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2019-02-1119 minTalking PointsEverything You Need to Know About CLEAROn this episode of Talking Points, host Brian Kelly, aka The Points Guy, brings on the CEO of CLEAR, Caryn Seidman-Becker. Seidman-Becker shares CLEAR's plans to expand to more stadiums and airports, talks about the importance of biometric technology and breaks down membership pricing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019-01-2237 min
Too Embarrassed to AskAre biometrics a safe way to speed up airport security?Clear CEO Caryn Seidman Becker talks with Kara Swisher and Lauren Goode about how the company uses fingerprint and iris scanning to let its customers skip the TSA line at the airport and how it keeps all that data safe. Becker says Clear does not share data with or sell data to anyone, including government agencies like the TSA with which it has sometimes partnered. She also talks about why she led the effort to buy and resurrect Clear after the first incarnation of the company went bankrupt in the late 2000s, why it’s now expanding far beyond th...
2017-12-2258 min
Breaking The MoldEpisode 16: Politics and the modern CEO. Special guest: Caryn Seidman-Becker, CEO of Clear on what she's building and whyIt's the same drill every time: You get to the front of the security lane— whether at the airport, a stadium, an office building — and pull out your ID, answer a few questions and then maybe pose for a grainy photo. Caryn Seidman-Becker's Clear aims to end the wait by being the one-stop shop for identity verification. Evan and Dan talk to her about why she's so passionate about this problem and what — after a career on Wall Street — made her embark on this tech-and-security path.
Plus, we kick things off with a discussion about whether CEOs have a righ...
2017-08-0740 min
Breaking The MoldEpisode 16: Politics and the modern CEO. Special guest: Caryn Seidman-Becker, CEO of Clear on what she's building and whyIt's the same drill every time: You get to the front of the security lane— whether at the airport, a stadium, an office building — and pull out your ID, answer a few questions and then maybe pose for a grainy photo. Caryn Seidman-Becker's Clear aims to end the wait by being the one-stop shop for identity verification. Evan and Dan talk to her about why she's so passionate about this problem and what — after a career on Wall Street — made her embark on this tech-and-security path.
Plus, we kick things off with a discussion about whether CEOs have a righ...
2017-08-0740 min