Amjad Masad

Amjad Masad (Arabic: أمجد مسعد; born 1987 or 1988[1]) is a Jordanian-American entrepreneur and software engineer. He is the founder and CEO of Replit. Before Replit, Masad worked at Facebook, overseeing the JavaScript infrastructure team and also as a founding engineer at Codecademy.[2]

Early life

Amjad Masad was born and raised in Amman, Jordan, in a modest family with Palestinian heritage.[3] His father, a civil engineer from a Palestinian refugee background, emphasized the importance of education. Masad later moved to the United States for opportunities in technology. [4]

Career

Masad is a computer science graduate from Princess Sumaya University for Technology in Jordan.[5] After moving from Jordan, he worked various jobs in Silicon Valley, including a stint as a software engineer at Facebook from October 2013 to April 2016. Before Facebook, Masad was a founding engineer at Codecademy from November 2011 to October 2013.[6][7]

In 2016, he co-founded Replit. It was established as an online integrated development environment (IDE) by Masad, his wife Haya Odeh, and his brother Faris.[5]

References

  1. ^ MacColl, Margaux (17 January 2026). "He was called a 'terrorist sympathizer.' Now his AI company is valued at $3B". The San Fransisco Standard.
  2. ^ Ted AI San Francisco - Amjad Masad, retrieved 3 July 2025
  3. ^ How Amjad Masad Envisions Internet-Free Coding for Developers with Replit, retrieved 3 July 2025
  4. ^ Github and Open-source Is a Boon for the Underprivileged, retrieved 3 July 2025
  5. ^ a b CEO of Replit, Amjad Masad, retrieved 3 July 2025
  6. ^ Amjad Masad - Biography, retrieved 3 July 2025
  7. ^ Nieva, Richard (11 March 2026). "Meet The $9 Billion AI Company Reimagining Vibe Coding". Forbes.
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