MAS

Masco Corporation

A maker of home improvement and building products, Masco supplies faucets and showering systems under brands like DELTA and HANSGROHE, plus BEHR and KILZ paints sold mainly through The Home Depot. It began in 1929 when Armenian immigrant Alex Manoogian founded Masco Screw Products in a Detroit loft, taking "Masco" from the partners' initials. Fun fact: in the 1950s Manoogian bought the rights to a leaky single-handle ball-valve faucet, perfected it, and turned it into the iconic Delta faucet.