Amir Ansari (Persian: امیر انصاری‎‎) is Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Prodea Systems.Along with his sister-in-law Anousheh Ansari, he made a multi-million dollar contribution to the Ansari X Prize foundation on May 5, 2004, the 43rd anniversary of Alan Shepard's sub-orbital spaceflight. The X Prize was officially renamed the Ansari X Prize in honour of their donation.Born in 1970 in Tehran, Iran, Ansari immigrated to the United States before the Iranian Revolution.