Stark Industries

### Current Members

Happy Hogan, Jason Wilkes, Bambi Arbogast, William Ginter Riva, Trixie, Jesse Lee, Samantha Carlisle, Victoria Snow, Janice Lincoln, Gutes Guterman

### Past Members

Howard Stark (Founder), Maria Carbonell-Stark, Edwin Jarvis, Dave Campbell, Obadiah Stane, Anton Vanko

## Background

Stark Industries is a multinational industrial company and the largest tech conglomerate in the world. It was founded by Howard Stark during the mid twentieth century. He became a great pioneer in different types of technology & constantly helping the United States Armed Forces with different & innovative weapons, helping the government to create the Super Soldier Serum. Years later, he created an Arc Reactor along with Anton Vanko, a source which provided free, pure and efficient energy for Stark Industries' main plant.

After the death of Howard Stark at the hands of HYDRA, the company was inherited by his son Tony Stark, with the help of Obadiah Stane, although Stane was appointed interim CEO immediately after Howard's death before his son could officially assume the position of CEO.

Under Stark's control, the company flourished financially for nearly two decades. However, when Stark discovered that Stane was selling their weapons to terrorist groups around the world, such as the Ten Rings, he shut down their lucrative weapons division. Stark later appointed Pepper Potts as the CEO of Stark Industries after realizing that he was dying from palladium poisoning, a position Stark allowed Potts to maintain after he engineered his own recovery. Stark further developed his armor to create new models, such as the Iron Man Armor & started looking for stolen Stark tech to destroy it.

### Notable Designs

* Super Soldier Serum Injection Tubes
* Arc Reactor
* CXD 23 Airborne Mobile Command Station
* Gamma Ray Projector
* Stark Sonic Cannon
* Stark Industries Rocket Launcher
* Stark Medical Scanner
* HazTech Exoskeleton
* Stark Cargo Plane
* Stark Industries Combat Drones
* Stark Industries Satellite
* H.O.M.E.R.

## Subsidiaries

* **AccuTech:** AccuTech was a small Research & Development firm that turned into an international, knowledge-based corporate empire. After its absorption by Stark Industries, AccuTech's work was geared towards the development of the kind of weapons & security systems.
* **Stark-Fujikawa:** A subsidiary of Stark Industries based out of Japan. He developed the Heads Up Display (or "HUD") technology utilized by Iron Man in the helmet of his armor.
* **Cordco:** A subsidiary of Stark Industries based out of Australia. The team helped develop new firefighting technology utilizing aspects of the Iron Man Armor.
* **Damage Control:** An organization created by S.H.I.E.L.D. that specializes in acquiring & storing unique artifacts. It was purchased in a joint venture by Stark Industries & the United States government then was officially designed as the United States Department of Damage Control (DODC).

* **Maria Stark Foundation:** A private charitable organization founded by Tony Stark & named after his mother Maria. After her death, Tony set up the Maria Stark Foundation to promote affordable housing, community centers & other philanthropic gestures. The Foundation's membership is primarily comprised of executives, accountants & lawyers.
* **Stark Relief Foundation:** An organization headed by Tony Stark & Pepper Potts to provide relief to the needy as well as to handle any casualties incurred during battles involving the Avengers.
* **September Foundation:** A program by Tony Stark to fund schools & young prodigies in their education. The foundation was named by Stark after a lyric from *The Fantasticks* song, "Try to Remember."

## Trivia

* Both Howard Stark & Obadiah Stane were former CEOs of the company.
* They have facilities in Long Island, Westchester County, Detroit, Cincinnati, Paris, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Thaiti North Coast, Miami, Osaka & Dover

## Notes

* Stark Industries belongs to the Marvel Universe.