Maggie Hardy (born December 7, 1965) is an American

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businesswoman and the owner of

84 Lumber 84 Lumber is an operated American building materials supply company. Founded in 1956 by Joseph Hardy, it derives its name from the unincorporated village of Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place south of Pittsburgh, where it ...

and

Nemacolin Woodlands Resort Nemacolin (formerly known as Nemacolin Woodlands Resort) is a four-season resort in Farmington, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The resort is owned by Maggie Hardy, owner and CEO of the 84 Lumber Company, and was founded by her father, Joseph H ...

, both founded by her father Joseph A. Hardy III (1923–2023). In 2023, ''

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'' estimated her personal fortune at around $4.1 billion.

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

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but dropped out after two years. She joined the family business in 1987, and was put in charge of developing Nemacolin Woodlands into a luxury resort. In 1992, her father gave her the ownership and management of 84 Lumber. She was 26. The following year, sales reached $1 billion. 84 Lumber's 2017

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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

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. Hardy stated she was "flabbergasted" by that decision 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

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and his proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall", even though the ad seemed to make a stand against the wall. 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. In 2022, she purchased the

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ball from Jim Baker as a gift for her father's 100th birthday.

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. In September 2017, she filed for divorce. On March 30, 2019, she married Shawn Knox in Aspen, Colorado. In 2020, she bought a $16 million mansion in

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Awards

* 2020: Career Achievement Award by ''

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'' during the Women of Influence event

References

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