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]
