Maggie Hardy

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Maggie Hardy
Born (1965-12-07) December 7, 1965 (age 58)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationBusinesswoman
Known forOwner of 84 Lumber and Nemacolin Woodlands Resort
Spouses
  • Peter J. Magerko
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    (m. 1992,divorced)​
  • Shawn Knox
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    (m. 2019)​
Children1
Parent

Maggie Hardy (born December 7, 1965) [1] is an American billionaire businesswoman and the owner of 84 Lumber and Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, both founded by her father Joseph A. Hardy III (1923-2023). In 2023, Forbes estimated her personal fortune at around $4.1 billion. [2]

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Biography

Maggie Hardy was the fifth of five children in her household. Her oldest brother is 20 years older than her. Growing up, Hardy Knox always maintained a very close relationship with her father. She studied at West Virginia University but dropped out after two years. [1]

She joined the family business in 1987, and was put in charge of developing Nemacolin Woodlands into a luxury resort. [1]

In 1992, her father gave her the ownership and management of 84 Lumber. She was 26. The following year, sales reached $1 billion. [2]

84 Lumber's 2017 Super Bowl commercial had to be modified before airing because it was depicting a border wall separating a mother and child from presumed freedom, following their visibly arduous journey to it, an analogy deemed too political by Fox. Hardy stated she was "flabbergasted" by that decision [3] for an "ad that wasn’t meant to take a political position" but just tell the story of human struggles in general. She claimed she was a "staunch supporter of President Trump and his proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall", even though the ad seemed to make a stand against the wall. [4]

Hardy is an art collector. The works she collects are exposed within Nemacolin's walls. A whole season of The Bachelor (season 25) shot at Nemacolin made some of the art collection visible to the public. [5] In 2022, she purchased the Immaculate Reception ball from Jim Baker as a gift for her father's 100th birthday. [6]

Personal life

In 1992, she married Peter J. Magerko, a former member of the Marine Corps and the Pennsylvania State Police. They have one son together. [7] In September 2017, she filed for divorce. [7]

On March 30, 2019, she married Shawn Knox in Aspen, Colorado. [8] [9] They live in Pittsburgh. [8]

In 2020, she bought a $16 million mansion in Boca Raton, Florida. [10]

Awards

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