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Anthony E. Stark
Chief Executive Officer
Founder · Chief Engineer
MIT '87. Built his first circuit board at four. Took the company public at twenty-one. Holds 412 personal patents.
// Office of the CEO
Executive leadership
The people accountable for what we build, what we don't, and what we say in front of a microphone.
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Virginia 'Pepper' Potts
Chairwoman & President
Operations & Strategy
Joined Stark Industries in 2007 as executive assistant. Promoted to CEO in 2010. Now Chairwoman; runs day-to-day operations across all 47 divisions.
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James R. Rhodes
Liaison, Department of Defense
USAF Lt. Colonel (ret.)
Twenty-two years with the United States Air Force. Operational pilot of the War Machine platform. Stark's principal liaison to allied governments.
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Harold 'Happy' Hogan
Head of Corporate Security
Executive Protection
Formerly Golden Gloves welterweight. Twenty-plus years overseeing executive protection and physical security across Stark facilities.
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Helen Cho, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Cybernetics Division
Seoul · U-GIN Genetic Research
Pioneer of tissue regeneration through Cradle synthesis. Holds joint appointments at U-GIN and Stark Cybernetics.
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Erik Selvig, Ph.D.
Director, Quantum Research
Astrophysics · Culver University
Leads the Bridge program investigating non-local quantum transit. Published 140+ peer-reviewed papers in theoretical astrophysics.
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Maya Hansen, Ph.D.
Chief Bio-Engineer, Extremis Group
Stanford · Synthetic Biology
Directs Stark's responsible-use program on programmable biology. Sets the ethics boundary for every Extremis-adjacent project.
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Phil Coulson
External Affairs Liaison
S.H.I.E.L.D. Coordination
Coordinates intelligence-sharing and incident-response operations with allied agencies. Reports jointly to the Office of the CEO and the Board.