Stark Industries Stark Industries Stark Industries (NYSE: SIA, NASDAQ: STRK, fictional), later also known as Stark International, Stark Innovations, Stark/Fujikawa, Stark Enterprises and Stark Resilient, is a fictional company appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The company is depicted as being owned and run by businessman Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark, also known as Iron Man. It first appeared in "Tales of Suspense" #40 (April 1963) and was founded by Tony's father, Howard Stark. According to Forbes 25 largest fictional companies it had an estimated sales of $20.3 billion, ranking it at number 16. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Stark
Chris Stark occasionally appeared on the show as 'Scott's friend Chris' for a period of time prior to this. Stark participates in most of the show's current features including "Real or No Real", "Innuendo Bingo", "24 Years at the Tap End", "Loving the Trolls". Stark is known for the feature "24 Years at the Tap End", in which he reads excerpts from his "autobography" (a joke pronunciation of autobiography used on the show). He was originally inspired to write his own autobiography after reading the autobiography of Brendan Sheerin from "Coach Trip". The title refers to his on-air realisation, at age 24,