Stark Industries, later also known as Stark International, Stark Innovations, 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 and namesake Tony Stark, who is also known as Iron Man. It first appeared in Tales of Suspense No. 40 (April 1963) and was founded by Tony's father, Howard Stark. According to Forbes 25's "Largest Fictional Companies" it had an estimated sales of $20.3 billion, ranking it at number 16.