Wayne Enterprises

Wayne Enterprises, also known as Wayne Corporation, Waynecorp, Wayne Industries, Wayne Technologies and Waynetech, is a fictional company appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Batman. Wayne Enterprises is a large, growing multinational company.

The American diversified multinational conglomerate is owned and chaired by Bruce Wayne, the son of Thomas Wayne and Martha Kane. Wayne Enterprises is headquartered in Wayne Tower, Gotham City.^{[better source needed]}

Wayne Enterprises and the Wayne Foundation are largely run by Bruce's business manager, Lucius Fox. Fox makes most company decisions on Bruce's behalf, since Bruce's time is largely occupied by his duties as the vigilante, Batman.

In the 2020 storyline, The Joker War, the Joker seizes control of Wayne Enterprises and steals the whole of the Wayne fortune, which he then uses to wreak havoc in Gotham. But Bruce eventually regains control of Wayne Enterprises and has the Joker removed from the company for good.

Founded by merchant ancestors of the Wayne family in the 17th century as a merchant house. The company began as a dozen businesses started by the Wayne brothers, Judge Solomon Wayne and Joshua Wayne, and with the revenue generated by the company, Solomon essentially built Gotham City by hiring Cyrus Pinkney.

Solomon's son and heir, Alan Wayne officially made it a corporate company in the 19th century. Alan, who was Bruce Wayne's great-great-grandfather, erected Wayne Shipping, Wayne Chemical and Wayne Manufacturing. All these companies were energized by the world's Industrial Revolution; more branches were created and diversified while others dwindled and subsequently dissolved. Along the years, it has developed from a merchant house to a large multinational conglomerate company in the DC Universe; exceeding LexCorp, Stagg Enterprises, and Ferris Aircraft.

Under the control of Patrick and Laura Wayne, Wayne Enterprises became a "green company" and environmentally conscious from that time forward.

When Bruce Wayne returned from the past, after a final battle with Darkseid, he had revealed that he had been publicly funding Batman for years and had founded Batman Incorporated, to publicly fund Batman's allies throughout the world.