Wendell Rand

Wendell Rand was the co-founder and the former CEO of Rand Enterprises and the father of Danny Rand. When Rand's own business partner and friend Harold Meachum was forced to make a deal with the Hand to prolong his life, he soon feared Rand would discover him, so he caused a plane crash which killed Rand and his wife, while also stranding their son in the mountains.
==Biography==
===Early Life===
====Meeting Harold Meachum====
Wendell Rand was born on December 19, 1965. In his youth, he attended Columbia University, where he met his future business partner, friend, and eventual killer, Harold Meachum. When they graduated, they decided to start a business together.Iron Fist: 1.01: Snow Gives Way
===Rand Enterprises===
====Partnership with Meachum====
Harold Meachum and Rand incorporated Rand Enterprises as a science company in chemicals, cybernetics, and pharmaceuticals. Although it started out small, the company grew under Rand's leadership, and both Rand's and Meachum's families amassed a large fortune. As there building was being constructed, Meachum and Rand stood on the roof.Iron Fist: 1.13: Dragon Plays with Fire Sometime after he founded his business, Wendell met and married a woman named Heather, and they had a child they named Danny. Meanwhile, Meachum had two children of his own, named Ward and Joy. Both Danny and the Meachum children were spoiled and groomed to lead the company sometime in the future.
As Rand Enterprises grew more and more successful, Rand and Meachum had their corporate headquarters built, and as they stood at the top of the structure, Meachum felt a desire to push Rand off, but he decided not to.
====Working with the Hand====
Meachum was diagnosed with cancer, and, facing the fear of death, allowed an organization known as the Hand treat him if he built them facility in China to operate their drug ring from, led by Madame Gao. Wendell, who had disapproved of the deal Gao had proposed, was targeted. He later took his wife and son on an assumed business trip to Anzhou, where facility was located, while he planned to expose the Hand's operations. However, Meachum had poisoned the plane's pilots. As the plane began to crash, Wendell managed to reach Danny and told him he loved him before he was killed by the impulse of the plane crashing. His body was later found in the Himalayas.Iron Fist: 1.08: The Blessings of Many Fractures
===Legacy===
====Rand's Survival====
To be added
==Personality==
To be added
==Abilities==
*Expert Businessman: Wendell was an accomplished CEO, who formed a thriving partnership, and ran a successful company.
==Equipment==
===Vehicles===
*Rand Enterprises Private Jet: To be added
==Facilities==
*Rand Residence: To be added
*Rand Enterprises Building: To be added
==Relationships==
===Family===
*Heather Rand † - Wife
*Danny Rand - Son
===Allies===
*Rand Enterprises
**Margaret - Secretary
**Jeri Hogarth - Intern
*Joy Meachum
*Ward Meachum
===Enemies===
*Harold Meachum † - Former Friend, Business Partner, and Killer
*Hand
**Madame Gao
==Appearances==
Appearance for Wendell Rand
==Trivia==
*In the comics, Wendell Rand is a businessman and a friend of Jeryn Hogarth who traveled to and trained in K'un-Lun, but did not attend the ceremony to become an Iron Fist.
==Gallery==
HaroldMeachumWendellRand.jpg
RandMeachum-HolidayPhotograph.jpg
MGaoArrivesAtRandBuilding.jpg
ChodakTashiWendell.jpg
==References==
==External Links==
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