Becker expects Clear to reach 100 million members within 10 years
Caryn Seidman Becker · Clear's Turnaround from Bankruptcy to IPO with CEO Caryn Seidman Becker · Invest Like The Best · Jul 8, 2025 · at 1:27:15
Clear CEO Caryn Seidman Becker outlines her 10-year growth vision for the biometric identity platform to Patrick O'Shaughnessy.
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“I think that we should have triple digits Members on the platform using it for various use cases.”
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