Alex Manoogian

Alexander Manoogian (Armenian; 28 ga Yuni, 1901 - 10 ga Yuli, 1996) masanin injiniya ne na masana'antu na Armeniya-Amurka, ɗan kasuwa, kuma mai ba da agaji wanda ya shafe mafi yawan aikinsa a Detroit, Michigan . Shi ne wanda ya kafa Masco Corporation, wanda a shekarar 1969  aka jera a kan NYSE (XNYS:MAS).  A shekara ta 1954, ya ba da izini kuma ya kawo kasuwa na farko da ya yi nasara ba tare da wankewa ba, Delta faucet, mai suna don kamara mai kama da harafi na huɗu na haruffa na Helenanci.

 Rayuwa ta farko da aiki 
An haifi Manoogian a shekara ta 1901 ga Takvor (Armenian) da Takouchie Manoogian (Armenien) a Kasaba, Daular Ottoman (daga baya Turgutlu, Turkiyya), kusa da Smyrna.In 1969, Masco Corporation was listed on the New York Stock Exchange - See more at:   Mahaifinsa mai sayar da hatsi ne. Ya halarci makarantun Armeniya a Smyrna . A cikin 1915, a lokacin Kisan kiyashi na Armeniya, Manoogian da iyalinsa sun tsere wa abin da ke yanzu Turkiyya ta hanyar Girka. Daga baya ya zauna a Kanada.NYSE - XNYS:MAS A cikin 1920, Manoogian ya yi hijira zuwa Amurka bayan ya tsere daga sakamakon kisan kiyashin Armeniya, ya isa Tsibirin Ellis kuma ya zauna a Bridgeport, Connecticut. Manoogian ya fara aiki a matsayin Injiniya. Ya kuma yi aiki na ɗan gajeren lokaci a Rhode Island da Massachusetts.Masco - Our Founder 

 Ayyukan agaji da kungiyoyin jama'a 
Manoogian ya ba da gudummawa sosai ga kungiyoyin agaji da cibiyoyin ilimi, musamman ga Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU). A cikin girmamawa, an zabe shi Shugaban Rayuwa a shekarar 1970 da kuma Shugaban Rayuwa na girmamawa a shekarar 1989.  Manoogian ya kuma kasance mai aiki a cikin Knights of Vartan; a cikin 1940 an zabe shi Avak Sparapet (Kwamandan Kasa).

A shekara ta 1968 ya kafa Asusun Al'adu na AGBU Alex da Marie Manoogian . Asusun, wanda aka shuka tare da kyautar dala miliyan 1, an sadaukar da shi ga bugawa da fassarar ayyukan ilimi da wallafe-wallafen Armeniya, da kayan al'adun Armeniya a duk duniya.

 Manazarta 
Rukuni:Mutuwan 1996
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1901