History
Born to Isaac Stark Jr. and being the grandson of Isaac Stark Sr., Howard Anthony Stark Sr. was a genius businessman and inventor from Richford, New York who worked on many business projects and inventions with his son Howard Jr. and founded business conglomerate Stark Industries alongside him.[1]
In 1932, Stark Sr. built a townhouse at 890 Fifth Avenue that would later be donated by his grandson Tony to become the Avengers Mansion.[2] According to his grandson, he also did "a lot of killing" in the local mines which later went to his son Howard to continue on doing.[3]
In 1963, Stark Sr. built a rotating wheel in Oregon called the Stark Needle which later became an iconic attraction in the area.[4]