Amjad Masad is an entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of Replit, a premier AI-powered software development platform. Raised in Amman and a graduate of Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Masad moved to the US, working at Codecademy and leading Facebook’s JavaScript infrastructure team. In March 2026, Replit raised $400 million at a $9 billion valuation, tripling its worth in six months and cementing Masad’s status as a billionaire. In May 2026, King Abdullah II awarded him the Order for Distinction. Deeply committed to the Arab world, Masad’s Replit developed Siraj, an AI-powered Arabic learning assistant serving 1.3 million users across Jordan’s schools.