Stark Industries

Stark Industries (NYSE: SIA, NASDAQ: STRK, fictional), later also known as Stark International, Stark Innovations, Stark/Fujikawa, Stark Enterprises and Stark Resilient, is a fictional company appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The company is depicted as being owned and run by businessman Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark, also known as Iron Man. It first appeared in Tales of Suspense #40 (April 1963) and was founded by Tony's father, Howard Stark. According to Forbes 25 largest fictional companies it had an estimated sales of $20.3 billion, ranking it at number 16. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Stark Industries has a logo similar to that of defense contractors Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange as SIA. During the press conference scene, Stark is seen entering a building that resembles the entrance to Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works facility. An airplane extremely similar to the Lockheed YF-22 stood as a statue in front of the Stark Industries facility, exactly like the prototypes on display at Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California.

Stark Industries was founded by Howard Stark in the 1940s and then by his son Tony, after his death. Over the years, through bankruptcy, Tony's "death", Tony's return and hostile takeovers, the company has gone through many name changes including Stark International(later Stane International), Stark Enterprises, Stark/Fujikawa and Stark Solutions.

Stark Industries

Functions

Stark Industries is primarily a defense company that develops and manufactures advanced weapons and military technologies. The company manufactures the armor worn by Iron Man and War Machine. It builds the helicarriers used by S.H.I.E.L.D, and it produces the Quinjets used by the Avengers.

Staff

• Tony Stark - Chairman of Stark Industries
• Obadiah Stane - Executive Officer (deceased)
• Happy Hogan^[10] - Head of Security
• Pepper Potts^[10] - CEO
• Dr. Gray Armond^[11] - Head Designer.
• Harmon Furmintz - Member of Stark Industries' biochemical division.^[12] He worked for Genetech and was born around 1918. He was a child prodigy and recruited as candidate for Super Soldier Project, but was rejected due to having hemophilia. He attempted to gain the power of Terrax, but his body and mind were destroyed by Shafear and reformed into duplicate of his own.^[13]
• Henry Gritson - Contracted research scientist who became the undercover CSO at Alchemax. He was arrested soon after becoming CSO for embezzling money from Alchemax, and his contract with Stark Industries was canceled.
• Jacob Fury (Scorpio)^[14] - Former research scientist.
• Sally McIntyre^[15]
• Eddie March^[16] - Former part of the Iron Legion.
• Kevin O’Bryan^{[volume & issue needed]}
• Ralph Roberts^{[volume & issue needed]}
• Anton Vanko (Crimson Dynamo)^[17] — Former Head Scientist and Chief Developer
• Arwyn Zurrow^[18] - Head of the Miami facilities.

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