Joy and Success At Work

MARK McCLAIN is the CEO and founder of SailPoint (NYSE:SAIL), a leader in the enterprise identity management market. He has led the company from its beginnings in 2005 through its VC-and PE-backed stages to its IPO in 2017, as it grew from a team of 3 to over 1,200 employees and about 1,500 enterprise-class customers in thirty five countries. He has been married for almost thirty-four years to his amazing wife, Marj, and has three incredibly cool adult children (Andy, Rachel, and Grace), three wonderful kids-in-law (Erika, John, and Pate), and four adorable grandkids (Melanie, Morgan, Malia, and Emmy) with two more (Levi and Lucy) on the way. He considers himself a very blessed person.

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