Maggie Hardy Knox

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.[3]

She joined the family business in 1987, and was put in charge of developing Nemacolin Woodlands into a luxury resort.[3]

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

In 1992, she married Peter J. Magerko, a former member of the Marine Corps and the Pennsylvania State Police. They have one son together.[4] In September 2017, she filed for divorce.[4]

On March 30, 2019, she married Shawn Knox in Aspen, Colorado.[5][6] They live in Pittsburgh.[5]

In 2020, she bought a $16 million mansion in Boca Raton, Florida.[7]

Hardy helped develop 84 Lumber's 2017 Super Bowl commercial, which stirred controversy before airing for featuring a border wall separating a mother and child from presumed freedom, following their visibly arduous journey to it. The wall was deemed too political by Fox, and so was edited out for broadcast.[8] The Washington Times reported that she "says she’s a staunch supporter of President Trump and his proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall" and that she "said she personally helped develop the commercial but said her politics had nothing to do with its message."[9]

• 2020: Career Achievement Award by Pittsburgh Business Times during the Women of Influence event[10]