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'''Anthony Edward Stark''' was an industrialist and business magnate. He was a founding member of the [[Avengers]]; former CEO of [[Stark Industries]]; president of the [[Maria Stark Foundation|Maria Stark]] and [[September Foundation]]s; and an advisor to [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]] Stark was a noted inventor and former playboy who created [[Iron Man's armor|mechanized suits of armor]], later becoming known as '''Iron Man'''.
The son of Stark Industries founder [[Howard Stark]], Tony was born in Manhattan and attended the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], graduating ''summa cum laude'' at age 17. Following the [[Assassination of Howard and Maria Stark|death]] of Howard and [[Maria Stark]], Tony became the CEO of Stark Industries in 1992, becoming the youngest CEO of a [[wikipedia:Fortune 500|Fortune 500]] company at age 21. Under Stark's leadership, Stark Industries significantly altered the weapons industry. In February 2008, Stark was [[Kidnapping of Tony Stark|abducted]] by the [[Ten Rings]] in Afghanistan. While in captivity, Stark created [[Iron Man's armor (Mark I)|a suit of armor]] with Afghan surgeon [[Ho Yinsen]], allowing him to escape. Stark destabilized Ten Rings forces in the region and announced that Stark Industries would dissolve its weapons production division. Following the [[Stane–Stark duel]], Stark announced he was Iron Man.
Stark's activities as Iron Man attracted congressional and media attention. During the Monaco Grand Prix, he was [[Grand Prix assault|attacked]] by [[Ivan Vanko]], whose father [[Anton Vanko|Anton]] worked on an [[arc reactor]] with Howard. Stark defeated Vanko in the [[battle of Stark Expo]]. During the [[Chitauri invasion]], S.H.I.E.L.D. director [[Nick Fury]] recruited Stark to review [[Erik Selvig]]'s research on the [[Tesseract]]. In the [[Battle of New York]], Stark defeated the [[Chitauri]] by diverting a nuclear missile towards the [[Chitauri mothership]]; consequently, he developed post-traumatic stress disorder. Stark formed the [[Iron Legion]] in an attempt to provide world security.
In 2013, [[Advanced Idea Mechanics]]' [[Extremis]] program became responsible for a series of explosions. Founder [[Aldrich Killian]] covered up the incidents under the guise of the "[[Trevor Slattery|Mandarin]]" in [[Aldrich Killian's insurrection plot|an insurrection plot]]. After threatening the Mandarin, [[Tony Stark's mansion|Stark's mansion]] was [[Destruction of Tony Stark's mansion|destroyed]]. Stark discovered that Killian was responsible for the attacks and defeated him in the [[Battle on the Norco|battle on the ''Norco'']]. After the battle, Stark executed the [[Clean Slate Protocol]], destroying his suits of armor, but constructed additional suits during the [[war on Hydra]]. Influenced by [[Wanda Maximoff]], Stark was compelled to construct [[Ultron]], a peace-keeping artificial intelligence. Ultron attempted to [[Ultron offensive|eliminate]] humans from Earth. The Avengers defeated Ultron in the [[Battle of Sokovia]], but the [[Sokovia]]n capital of [[Novi Grad]] was destroyed.
Remorseful of his activities in Sokovia, Stark supported the establishment of the [[Sokovia Accords]], regulating enhanced individuals under the [[United Nations]]. He accused [[Steve Rogers]] of harboring [[Bucky Barnes]], an assassin who was framed for the [[bombing of the Vienna International Centre]] by [[Helmut Zemo]], beginning the [[Avengers Civil War]]. Stark discovered that Barnes was responsible for his parents' deaths and fought with Rogers, effectively ending the Avengers. Stark began assisting [[Peter Parker]] and became engaged to [[Pepper Potts]], his former assistant and the CEO of Stark Industries.
During the [[Infinity War]], the [[Black Order]] staged [[Attack on Greenwich Village|an attack]] on [[Greenwich Village]] to steal the [[Time Stone]]. Stark, Parker, and [[Stephen Strange]] convened on [[Titan (planet)|Titan]] with the [[Guardians of the Galaxy]] to defeat [[Thanos]]. Following the [[Battle of Titan]], Strange gave the Time Stone to Thanos in order to spare Stark's life. Stark and [[Nebula]] survived the [[Snap]] and escaped on the ''[[Benatar]]'', but were stranded in space until they were [[Rescue of Tony Stark|rescued]] by [[Carol Danvers]]. Upon returning to Earth, Stark retired from his activities as Iron Man and had a daughter, [[Morgan Stark|Morgan]]. In 2023, [[Scott Lang]] escaped the [[Quantum Realm]], suggesting Stark use the realm to retrieve the [[Infinity Stones]] and undo the Snap. Stark initiated the [[Time Heist]] and retrieved the [[Theft of the Mind Stone|Mind]] and [[Theft of the Space Stone|Space Stones]]. In the [[Battle of Earth]], Stark sacrificed himself to defeat Thanos' army.
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