The CEO and creator of the cloud-based coding platform Replit is Amjad Masad. He is also a vocal advocate for changes in technology-related culture and education.

Amjad Masad is a Jordanian-American engineer and entrepreneur (Arabic: أمجد مسعد). He founded Replicate and serves as its CEO. Prior to joining Replit, Amjad was a founding engineer at Codecademy and the manager of the JavaScript infrastructure team at Facebook.

Early Years

Amjad was born to immigrant parents in Amman, Jordan. His mother’s family is Algerian, his father’s is Palestinian, and his family is Muslim.According to Amjad, he was extremely fortunate despite his father’s family’s financial difficulties because education is highly valued in Palestine.

Career

Amjad graduated from Jordan’s Princess Sumaya University for Technology with a degree in computer science.His voyage