CLEAR Secure

Origin and founders

Steven Brill and Ajay Amlani were original owners of Verified Identity Pass, but Ajay Amlani left the company in 2006 to pursue another identity technology company named YOU Technology. Steven Brill was running CLEAR at the time. After stepping away from the company in 2008 Steven Brill gave an announcement to the customers regarding CLEAR and their future “I am deeply saddened for Clear’s dedicated staff and loyal customers that the company has ceased operations”. The email was sent out to all employees and customers of CLEAR.

2010s

Caryn Seidman-Becker took over Clear in 2010 with her partner and co-founder Ken Cornick. Caryn Seidman-Becker ultimately oversees everything that is being done in the company such as the overall approach the company takes, marketing, and business development. Clear operates out of its headquarters in Manhattan, New York. Clear began to work under the larger company of Alclear.Caryn Seidman-Becker and Ken Cornick saw Clear as a promising business to pursue based on the fact that they believed the market for surveillance and security would rise due to the catastrophic events that happened on 9/11.

In 2021, Clear went public as Clear Secure, Inc. on the NYSE with the ticker symbol ‘YOU’.