His full name is Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark. He was born in Long Island, New York to Howard Anthony Stark and Maria Collins Carbonell Stark. His parents owned Stark industries until their premature death in a car accident which was caused by their rival company.
Even as a child Tony was very interested in building machines and that interest culminated in two masters degrees from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) by the age of 19. He was only 21 when he lost his parents to that fatal car accident. At that point he owned Stark Industries. But he wasn't very interested in running the company so he promoted his secretary Virginia "Pepper" Potts to an executive assistant and left her to run most of the business. That was his way of giving himself enough time to do what he really liked. To live a life of a playboy without any obligation whatsoever. Later in his life that proved to be very inconvenient because he was betrayed by some of the women he was either dating or in love with.
Since his company Stark Industries frequently made weapons for the military Tony was obligated to attend some of the tests. At one such occasion he went to one of his international plant to field test some of the hardware his company made. His convoy was attacked by the terrorists and during the fight Tony gets wounded. And the wound was very serious because it was a mine shrapnel lodged very close to his heart.
Terrorists took Tony to their camp and he was put into a cell with very well known physicist Ho Yinsen and the two of them were asked to make weapons for the terrorists. Since Tony was very well aware that he cannot live long with this shrapnel so close to his heart he asked the Professor to help him create a kind of battle-suit with a magnetic field generator which could stop the shrapnel from getting to his heart. So, they used the materials they were given to make weapons and instead made the the first Armored suit. All that was left now was to charge the battery which powered the field generator. While it was charging the terrorist soldiers came by and Professor had to make a diversion and he gets shot and killed instantly. In the mean time Tony finished charging the battery and he used the suit for the first time. He destroyed the terrorist camp and got away.
Now at home and free he had to take care of his chest plate which was now permanently attached to him. The battery needed frequent recharging. That made him very depressed as he expected to die. That put an end to his engagement to his fiancee Joanna Nivena who had supported him through all those ordeals. Now alone and unhappy, he turned to improving his Iron Man suit and becomes the self made superhero he really is.
The story covered so far was also presented with minor changes in the first Iron Man film. The film was released in 2008. It was directed by Jon Favreau and the role of Tony Stark was played by Robert Downey Jr. who did a great job featuring this playboy industrial. Gweneth Paltrow plays his assistant Pepper Potts. The film received good reviews by the critics as well as the audience. The second sequel came out in 2010. and was also very well accepted. The third sequel is in working and is expected to be released in 2013.
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