Stark Industries was founded in 1939 by
Howard Stark, and then headed by his son Tony after Howard's 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
technology and
defense company. It manufactures the armor worn by Iron Man and War Machine, builds the
Helicarriers used by S.H.I.E.L.D, and produces the
Quinjets used by the Avengers.
Staff •
Tony Stark – Chairman of Stark Industries •
Obadiah Stane – Executive Officer (deceased) •
Happy Hogan – Former head of Security •
Pepper Potts – Head Designer. •
Harmon Furmintz – Member of Stark Industries' biochemical division. He worked for Genetech and was born around 1918. He was a child prodigy and was 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. •
Jacob Fury (Scorpio) – Former research scientist. •
Sally McIntyre •
Eddie March – Former part of the
Iron Legion. • '''Kevin O'Bryan''' •
Ralph Roberts •
Anton Vanko (Crimson Dynamo) — Former Head Scientist and Chief Developer (deceased) •
Arwyn Zurrow – Head of the Miami facilities.
Subsidiaries •
Project: Caribbean (staff unknown) – Stark Industries made an effort to start a plant in Haiti, however it was destroyed by Night Phantom.
Stark International Originally
Stark Industries, the name was changed when the company ceased manufacturing munitions, with Tony handing over the CEO position to Pepper Potts. The company was taken over by
Obadiah Stane after a hostile takeover and renamed it Stane International.
Staff •
Tony Stark – Original Head •
James Rupert Rhodes – Pilot, later acting CEO •
Bambi Arbogast – An executive assistant. •
Yvette Avril – Worked for the French branch of Stark International and was brought to the US to become vice president of the Long Island facility. She unsuccessfully attempted to save the company when Tony Stark went on a major drinking binge and quit after takeover by Obadiah Stane. •
Bethany Cabe – Owned Circuits Maximus as well as working Stark International. He is the brother of Clytemnestra Erwin. He also assisted Jim Rhodes in learning to use the Iron Man armor. Erwin was killed when Obadiah Stane had the Circuits Maximus building bombed. •
Abe Klein – Director of engineering. – Tony Stark's old electrical engineering professor. Killed by
Mordecai Midas. •
Scott Lang (Ant-Man) •
Kristine "Krissy" Longfellow – Secretary. She posed as Tony Stark's secretary to be close to him without involving him with a criminal. •
Harold Marks (Techno-Killer) – A research
technician. He left to work for author James Spencer; built an armor to gain respect and vengeance from perceived lack of appreciation •
Vincent "Vic" Martinelli – A security guard. He was a former soldier and architect who worked for Williams Innovations before working at Stark International. He remained with Obadiah Stane after his hostile takeover due to difficulty in finding a new job. •
Artemus "Artie" Pithins – Director of public relations. He is currently a White House press secretary. Pithins quit Stark International after Obadiah Stane took over. •
Erica Sondheim – Medical director. •
Carl Walker – •
Cherry Wood – A scientist. – He was involved in a project that kidnapped Myron MacLain. He stole Captain America's proto-adamantium shield •
Joseph "Joe" Faulkner – General manager. •
Dr. Edward "Edwin" Earl Hawkins – Designed the Mass Acquisition Unit. He aided
Giant Man (Bill Foster) in battling Doctor Nemesis. •
Karaguchi Inoyawa – Sought to rebuild the
Red Ronin for peaceful purposes. •
Joseph "Joe" Kilman – Sought to coerce Edward Hawkins into creating a mass acquisition warhead.
Stark Enterprises After regaining his personal fortune following Obadiah Stane's death, Tony established a new company, Stark Enterprises, in Los Angeles.
Staff •
Tony Stark – Former lawyer, vice-president and CEO. Alvarez defended Tony Stark in the trial of Kathy Dare. •
Bambi Arbogast – Tony Stark's physiotherapist. •
Bethany Cabe – Security chief and former
bodyguard of Tony Stark. •
Diane Carruthers •
Ed Deal – Worked on the VLS-2980 Project. •
Phillip Grant – Computer
hacker. •
Chester "Chet" Harrigan – Former lawyer of Stark Enterprises. He was fired after he failed to clear up the Government civil suits brought on during the
Armor Wars storyline. He also unsuccessfully defended Kathy Dare. •
Happy Hogan – An artificial intelligence working in Stark Industries. •
Sarah Jennings – Accounts & Marketing •
Kylie Normandy – Former employee of Cordco. Oakley assisted in rebuilding Tony Stark's nervous system following his being shot by Kathy Dare. •
Marcia Jessica "Marcy" Pearson – Chief of security. •
James Simpson – Security guard. He allowed Edgar Elliot to sabotage Tony Stark's experimental rocket. •
Dr. Erica Fredrika Sondheim – Director of public relations. •
Abraham Paul "Abe" Zimmer Subsidiaries •
Accutech – Subsidiary of Stark Enterprises based in California. It employed
Carl Walker after Force's faked death. •
Cordco – It was reacquired by Stark from
Justin Hammer, who owned SI following Obadiah Stane's death. The company reproduced Stark's original
Guardsman armor for use at the
Vault. Much of Stane's operations involved disreputable business practices, leading Stark to initiate a major clean-up effort after reacquiring the company. •
Hot Cup Coffee – Created by Stark using the pseudonym "The Boss".
Stark/Fujikawa Created by a merger of Stark Enterprises and Fujikawa Industries following the apparent death of Iron Man/Anthony Stark.
Staff •
Kenjiro Fujikawa – CEO, – Rumiko is a businesswoman and the daughter of Kenjiro. She was killed by an Iron Man impostor named Clarence Ward. •
Morgan Stark – The previous version of this company helped form
Stark-Fujikawa. A Japanese firm which took over Stark Enterprises following the apparent death of Tony Stark. Known employees include Tso Fwon, Yu Kurin, Tobi Kanigawa, and
Wilson Fisk. •
Oracle Incorporated – Formed by Namor, the company was sold to Stark-Fujikawa. Formerly served as the headquarters of
Heroes for Hire. After Tony's "death", Bambi Arbogast seconded here. Known employees include Caleb Alexander (who was killed), Carrie Alexander, Allison Grain,
Jim Hammond (Human Torch), Robert Losey, Kent Maitland, Phoebe Marrs, Leon McKenzie,
Namor McKenzie (former CEO), Rihanna O'Connor, Dr. Anita Savvy, Dr. Richard Savvy, Bambi Arbogast, Josef Went and James "Jimbob" Roberts. •
Parallel Conglomerate – Subsidiary of Oracle Inc. (which would make it a subsidiary of Stark-Fujikawa). Known employees are Captain Holten Gamble (who was killed on board an oil tanker owned by Parallel Conglomerate) and Oliver Russell. •
Rand-Meachum – A company formed by
Harold Meachum and Wendell Rand, became a subsidiary of Stark-Fujikawa. Known employees include
Daniel Rand (Iron Fist), Wendell Rand-K'ai, Leon McKenzie, Harold Meachum,
Ward Meachum,
Joy Meachum, Jason Quartermaster, Peregrin Took, Martina Tereshkova and Dr. Ilya Faro
Stark Solutions The fifth company was run/owned by Tony Stark and was founded after his return from another dimension. It was shut down by Tony after he was defamed by Tiberius Stone who was subliminally influencing him.
Staff •
Tony Stark – CEO – One of the Security Department heads. •
David Beaumont – One of the Security Department heads •
F.R.I.D.A.Y. •
Happy Hogan •
Michael "Mike" Jochum – Head of Research & Development. •
Archie Merchant – Tony Stark's personal secretary. •
James Rupert Rhodes (War Machine) – He was involved in the development of a Gamma Radiation Neutralizing Armor. He was later killed by Richard Cummings for covering up the death of Lisa Cummings. •
Ryan Zimm •
Geoff Douglat •
Tessa Springfield •
Anna Wei •
Dr Dave Allen •
Michael Cline – Supporter •
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