How a childhood of resilience and grit led Clear’s Caryn Seidman Becker to Wall Street — and her American dream

Cătălin Roșioru

Through July 4, The Post, in conjunction with the Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream , is featuring US citizens explaining what the American dream means to them in 2026 — including Caryn Seidman Becker , the Chair and CEO of Clear. My dad’s parents were from Eastern Europe. They came from nothing, and my grandfather came here when he was 17, [traveling] at the bottom of a boat for weeks. He was actually saved by HIAs, the Hebrew Immigration Aids Society. Didn’t speak the language