Raised in a loveless home by her father Obadiah Stane, who only cares about results, WHITNEY STANE immediately comes off as being cold and snobbish. Unlike Tony, she believes she can only spend time with people of her same social status and therefore tries her best to convert Tony into a "respectable" guy. She pays careful attention to her image and money, but secretly longs to be a free-spirited happy young woman.