Tony Stark

Tony Stark being questioned by the media in 2013 during the Faux Mandarin Bombings

### Education

MIT (MEng)
MIT (PhD)

### Occupation

Avenger (Formerly)
CEO (Formerly)

### Parents

Howard Stark
Maria Stark

### Awards

2009 Apogee Award
2010 Person of the Year
Congressional Gold Medal
2012 Nobel Peace Prize
2012 Person of the Year
Medal of Honor

## Iron Man

### Rank

Co-Leader (2012 - 2016; 2021)Leader (2016 - 2018)

### Abilities

Intelligence; Inventor

**Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark** was a billionaire industrialist, a founding member of the Avengers, and the former CEO of Stark Industries.

## Biography

### Early Life

Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark was born on Friday, May 29, 1970, in Manhattan, New York City, to Howard and Maria Stark. Stark had become good friends with Edwin Jarvis, the butler of the Stark family, who watched over him throughout all of his childhood. Growing up, Stark had issues with Howard, who never told his son that he loved, or even liked him. Stark had a loving relationship with his mother, who was more gentle and nurturing; he enjoyed hearing Maria play the piano.

At a young age, Stark quickly stole the spotlight with his brilliant and unique mind. When he was four years old, he designed his first circuit board. When he was almost seven, he built a V8 motorbike engine.

### Education

Stark attended Phillips Academy in Massachusetts from 1977 to 1984. He was admitted early into Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he won the 4th Annual MIT Robot Design Award at age sixteen. When he was seventeen, Stark graduated *summa cum laude* from MIT, with a Masters of Engineering, Computer Science PhD, and an Aerospace Engineering PhD

### Early Business Career

In December 1991, when Stark was just twenty-one years old, his parents prepared to go away to the Bahamas for a few days over the Christmas holiday and leave him home alone. Sadly, the couple died in a car accident in Long Island, leaving Stark as the heir to the company. For a few months, Obadiah Stane took over as interim CEO of Stark Industries.

A few months later, still at the age of twenty-one, Stark inherited Stark Industries and took over from Obadiah Stane, becoming the youngest CEO of a Fortune 500 company in history. In 1992, Stark built himself a custom mansion.

Eventually, Stark Industries became a supplier for the United States Military, successfully earning himself billions of dollars. Under Stark's leadership with the aid of Stane, Stark Industries quickly thrived and became the 6th largest company in the United States, creating new forms of weapons technology.

### Kidnapping

In 2009, Stark presented Stark Industries' newest weapon, the Jericho missile, to the military spectators outside Charikar, Afghanistan.

As Stark's convoy drove through Afghanistan to return to the United States Armed Forces base, they were attacked by insurgents who blew up the convoy, and injured Stark. Stark was then kidnapped, and taken to a base in the Afghan mountains. After 6 months as a prisoner, Stark was rescues by the United States Air Force.

### Later Business Career

Upon arriving at Stark Industries Headquarters, after his kidnapping, Stark was then enthusiastically greeted by Obadiah Stane before making his way inside. During the press meeting, Stark declared that his company would no longer manufacture military weapons, which created a massive crash in Stark Industries Stock. In the months that followed, Stark retreated from public view and spent much of his time in his mansion, as he had been voted out of the company. During this time, he began working on his highly advanced armor.

### Career as Iron Man

#### Early Missions

On November 24, 2009, Stark had undergone an attempted murder by Obadiah Stane and, according to the SHIELD Files, stole an Arc Reactor to create his own armor. On the same day, Stark fought Stane while in his armor, performing his first public act as Iron Man. Stane was confirmed dead after the battle. On the day that followed, Stark then held a press conference where announced to the public that he was Iron Man.

Stark went on missions around the world commonly afterwards. News outlets began crediting him as "the man who stabilized East-West relations". In February 2010, Stark recaptured a United States Navy Ship. And later in the same month, he defeated a group of ISIS insurgents in Iraq. Stark also rescued a fighter pilot that had crashed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. By the end of the year Stark was chosen as the Time Person of the Year for 2010.

On May 16, 2010, Stark opened the Stark Expo 2010 in New York City, continuing the legacy his father, Howard Stark, had started.

As a result of his new technological advancements, Stark was called to a senate committee hearing, led by Senator Stern, demanding that Stark release the technology of the Iron Man Armor for military application. Stark refused, believing it was not in the best interest of the American people for the United States Armed Forces to possess it since they would use it as a weapon that could very well be used against America if other various countries were able to recreate the technology.

On May 12, 2010, Stark appointed his former personal assistant Pepper Potts as the CEO of Stark Industries.

Stark traveled to Monaco at the end of May 2010 for the Monaco Grand Prix where he fought Ivan Vanko, after he was attacked. Vanko would later break out of prison with the assistance of Justin Hammer.

On May 31, 2010, the Stark Expo was attacked by Ivan Vanko and Justin Hammer, causing millions of dollars of damages, which were paid for by Stark Industries. Stark fought and defeated Vanko, along with Colonel James Rhodes, and they were both awarded Congressional Gold Medals afterwards.

In 2012, he helped design Stark Tower, which had a power source that generated enough power for multiple buildings.

#### Joining the Avengers

In anticipation of the Loki and the Chitauri Invasion, Nicholas Fury activated the Avengers Initiative. He gathered Tony Stark, Natasha Romanoff, Bruce Banner, Steve Rogers, and Thor. Steve Rogers and Stark would then clash with Loki in Stuttgart, Germany, though he would later escape.

The Avengers later travelled to New York as the Chitauri invaded and battled contained the alien forces before defeating Loki. Stark also redirected a nuclear warhead that was sent by the World Security Council in order to stop the invasion.

In the aftermath of the battle, Stark invested and helped to found United States Department of Damage Control.

#### Faux Mandarin Attacks

In Late 2012, the Faux Mandarin Attacks, prompted Stark to go after the Faux Mandarin also known as Aldrich Killian. After publicly challenging Killian, his mansion was attacked and destroyed, and as a result he was presumed dead for 3 days. During this period, he investigated Killian and eventually killed him after he had kidnapped President Ellis.

#### HYDRA Offensive

After his battle with Killian, Stark temporarily retired as Iron Man for 3 years. When the Avengers began their offensive on HYDRA in 2015, he came out of retirement and helped to eradicate HYDRA.

#### Ultron Incident

After the end of HYDRA, Tony Stark and Banner experimented on Loki's Scepter, and used it to power the proposed Ultron Initiative. The AI was originally created as a workd peacekeeping program to defend the Earth from extraterrestrial threats, but went rogue in the same week and evolved into Ultron. Ultron fought the Avengers, and managed to escape from Avengers Tower.

The Avengers then tracked Ultron to Johannesburg, where they believed he was attempting to buy Vibranium that was smuggled from Wakanda. Once in Johannesburg, the Avengers fought the twins and Ultron, but were defeated as a result of Wanda Maximoff's mind altering abilities. Bruce Banner was affected by these abilities and was sent on a rampage throughout Johannesburg before he was stopped by Stark. This event created major negative public opinion against the Avengers.

After the battle in Johannesburg, the Avengers followed Ultron to Seoul, where they chased him throughout the city in order to retrieve the Vibranium. The Avengers succeeded in the retrieval, and brought the Vibranium back to the US. Banner and Stark both used the Scepter's core (The Mind Stone), and the Vibranium, to create Vision.

Banner then traveled with the Avengers to Sokovia, to stop Ultron from destroying the Earth. During the Battle of Sokovia, the Avengers destroyed Ultron, and prevented Sokovia from being crashed on the Earth, but not without the destruction of Sokovia.

#### Sokovia Accords

Stark heavily advocated for the Sokovia Accords, which drove a wedge between the Avengers. This wedge rose into a full-blown clash between the Avengers where Stark successfully arrested Sam Wilson, Clint Barton, Scott Lang, and Wanda Maximoff. After the clash, Stark became the leader of the Avengers because of Steve Rogers' fugitive status.

#### Thanos' Invasion

In 2019, Thanos invaded the Earth, and Stark joined the fight with the Avengers to repel his forces, but failed. Afterwards, Thanos used the Infinity Stones to wipe out half of the human population.

#### Blip Period

In February 2020, Stark got married to Pepper Potts and in August 2020, they had a child named Morgan Stark.

#### Final Battle

In October 2021, Stark rejoined the Avengers in an effort to reverse the Snap. He and the Avengers successfully reversed the effects, and battled Thanos at the New Avengers Facility. Stark died in the battle, because of excessive Gamma Radiation from using the Infinity Stones.

## Personal Life

### Family

Stark's parents were Howard and Maria Stark, who died in a car accident in 1991. He married Pepper Potts in 2020, and had a child, Morgan Stark, 6 months later.

## Views

Tony Stark was generally considered to be on the left of the political spectrum. He believed in the government solving problems and in heavy environmental developments.

## Recognition

Tony Stark had won many awards over his lifetime. In 2009 he won the Apogee Award for his leadership skills as the CEO of Stark Industries. In 2010 he won the Congressional Gold Medal for saving President Ellis from the Extremis terrorists. In 2012 he won the Nobel Peace Prize and the Medal of Honor along with the other Avengers for their role in the Battle of New York. In 2021, he has been posthumously awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize and the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Earth

## Legacy

Tony Stark is regarded as one of the greatest scientists of all times, as well as a hero. His funeral was held on October 30, 2021.