Is Lex Luthor richer than Bruce Wayne..

But Lex cares for his image and giving money make you look good.

Celebrities that do terrible thing give a bunch of money and do everything they cant to give other people money, it makes them looks really good.

Sting must be a mosnter since he does this more that any other human.

But Bruce family has beign richer for a longer period of time.

@deaditegonzo: Lex also uses alot of his wealth taking on superman

Bruce also has contracts various vehicals, armors, medical tech, etc,etc tons of stuff thats not lethal that bruce would have no problem selling to the government

How is metropolis richer than Gotham? Gotham is basicaly the New York of DC comics

and Bruce cares about his business too its his families legacy which he use not only to fund batman but to create jobs, fund hospitials, etc,etc not only that Bruce owns most of Gotham

@lordofthenorth: Metropolis is the "City of Tomorrow". Its one of DC's most advanced cities. Gotham is sort of ghetto.

Every anti-Superman weapon Lex makes would be attractive to the Government. Theyd pay nearly anything to be able to take Supes down.

I dont believe Bruce would sell his gadgets, but I could be wrong.

As far as caring about his business, ive never gotten that impression, but once again I could be wrong.

@deaditegonzo: Gotham isnt a ghetto are their ghettoes in Gotham yes but Gotham isnt a ghetto like i said it the like new york its a center of wealth both old and new

Yes the government pay alot for the stuff the Lex makes but he wouldnt give them any of the good stuff seeing as he is the one who wants to take superman down

Most of batmans gear is Wayne tech prototypes that are to expensive to be put in the field but he would have no problems selling stuff a couple generations behind them

he does care its just that when he is Bruce Wayne he has to act like he dosnt care

Lex probably is richer and rightly so. Lex is a self-made billionaire, Bruce was born with money. Lex is much more involved with his company than Bruce is with Wayne Ent. As a result, Lex probably pushes his company harder to innovate than Wayne because Lex is a man who always strives to be the best at anything and everything. Bruce doesn't really care about Wayne Ent. as long as he can use the money and tech to fight crime and give some of the profits to charity.

@rdclip: Before him His families company was worth maybe a billion Bruce turned the company into one of if not the biggest in the world

Iam sorry but "Lex" is the a man who always strives to be the best at anything and everything? Thats Batman to a T the guy sent most of his life mastering everything he possable could

Batman pushed his company because his gear always needs to be a generations a head of of everyone else

And the company is his familes legacy he cares deeply what happens to it

Batman is only interested in his crime fighting. Lex is in the office every day (when he isn't in prison) developing new tech himself or acquiring other companies that would benefit himself. How much time does Bruce actually spend at Wayne Ent.? He's either playing the playboy, doing philanthropy stuff, or doing Batman stuff.

Plus, Lex is a ruthless bastard. He has no sympathy for the competition. He'll ruin another person's livelihood, if he can get some small benefit out of it. Bruce is at heart a good person, that kind of personality is no conducive to running a top company.

That's about philanthropy not his company's success or profits. Like I said, Bruce isn't willing to be a ruthless businessman like Lex is because that would require him to destroy dreams for the sake of profit.

@rdclip: Batman spends as much time as he needs to at WE like Lex; Batman can work from anywhere and when his out being Batman he dosnt have to fight supervillians every second so it wouldnt be strange if he thought of buisness and inventing new tech while jumping about gotham punching people in the face

Lex Luthor.

I think lex has more

According to Superman in the previous Superman/Batman book, while booting Lex out of his presidency; Bruce has more money than Lex does, but that Lex is far more callous about using it (to bribe people, for instance).

Oddly enough when Superman had beaten out the power of Lex's suit, he ended up in his old LexCorp office and noticed it was empty save for Batman who informed him that Lex's CEO had sold everything to Bruce leaving Lex penniless.

Bruce funds the JLA, batman, Gotham, charity AND supports his own fake playboy lifestyle, but still he is richer than lex.

Yeah.

No. It was even mentioned by Superman in a Supermann/Batman issue that Bruce is a lot richer than Lex.

Does it matter who is richer ?

Bruce is wealthier, though I'm sure Lexcorp turns a better profit. Wayne Enterprises was founded generations ago, compared to Lex building his company from the ground up. Compound Interest is the greatest superpower of all.

@deathpoolthet1000: MetH's post said Wayne would give more to cHarities so LutHor can still give but ideally Wayne would give more and would do any illegal slimy decisions like LutHor.

June'sVeryOwn

Lexcorp is 1 company. Wayne Enterprises owns dozens of companies.

There is no way its more profitable.

I'm no expert, but didn't Wayne Enterprises BUY Lexcorp at one point?

Wayne Enterprises.

Doesn't matter, Lex earned every single penny he made. Bruce inherited it. Lex will always be a better man than Bruce, the only place Bruce clocks in better is in having a heart and not being as arrogant.

I would say they are similar in terms of wealth. Lexcorp may have an edge but this can be attributed to Bruce using his company for alot of charity work and refusing to take on military contracts.

@superguy1591: Iam sorry but no WE was worth maybe a billion after Bruce took it over it became one of the largest if not the largest companies in the world

Still that Bruce gives more money dont mean Luthor has more.

This is based on the concept they are equalkly rich, so the guy who gives more money is less rich.

http://www.ranker.com/list/20-richest-comic-book-characters-of-all-time/worlds-richest-people-lists

This list makes more sense that Forbes one.

They even point Batman being richer that Lex.

I would think that Luthor's wealth would fluctuate wildly depending on current level of embezzlement vs. legal fees. I think LexCorp is clearly bigger than Wayne Enterprises, however, as they want to portray them as the underdog fighting off acquisition. However, Lex's wealth isn't necessarily tied to LexCorp's wealth.

@lordofthenorth: And? Bruce started off with a billion, turned it into 8.5 billion according to Forbes. Lex was poorer than farm-boy Clark Kent, now he's the most powerful man in the most powerful city in the world. Again, Lex wins.

@superguy1591: sorry forbes is BS and even if you went by forbes Lex dosnt have that much more than Batman so all that work to have a only little more than Batman good for him

Plus Metropolis isnt the most powerful city in the world it only has Lex its like Dubai it looks nice and it has handful people with alot of money but ultimately that all their is to it

Gotham on the other hand is the New York of DC comics its home to far more Billionares from the old to the new; criminal and otherwise and more money means more power and Gotham is rolling in the stuff (among other things)

@lordofthenorth: Um I would say Metropolis+Gotham = New York City. Just different perspectives, and both filthy rich heavily populated cities.

I guess so...idk

@batshrine: not really Lex is really the only game in town when it comes Metropolis

Gotham has Waynes, Kanes, Elliots, Cobblepots, Arkham, the families in Court of Owls, than you have people like Caldwell, Zues and all the mob families and guys like Black Mask so when it comes to money Gotham has Metropolis beat

Nope Wayne.

@lordofthenorth: Lex is hardly the only rich guy in Metropolis, Morgan Edge is another, but those are the only two Superman often tangles with while the rich in Gotham are Batman's rouges.

Orphan from Kansas builds his way up from the age of 10, rich boy Bruce inherits a fortune and makes it bigger. Yes, Lex's accomplishment is no better than Bruce's. #That'saBatmanfan4u

@outside_85: In which storyline of which series did Lex become penniless?

@attatje: The trade is called Superman/Batman: Public Enemies.

@outside_85: Thanks is it worth checking out?

Batman should be richer, he once bought the Lexcorps.

Off-topic. But I find that list humorous that it has Namor at 2 and yet doesn't even have Aquaman on it.

@attatje: It's decent, I'll give it that, but it has it's faults.

Lex rebuilt Gotham Bruce couldn't do that

Lex.And he might have better equipment and/or gadgets since he cloned Biz..

@fallschirmjager: Still it makes more sense that forbes that dont count characters like Black Panther.

they both have a personal wealth in the billions, so it's not really significant either way who is richer

Also, Pre-flash point Superman confirmed that Bruce's personal wealth exceeded that of Lex Luthor. It's in the Public Enemies storyline, I think Superman/Batman #6.

I think it's safe to assume that's still true, most things carried over in continuity.

In any case considering what Bruce spends his personal wealth on, it would make sense that he is richer.

@kgb725: What are you talking about Batman rebuilds gotham all the time

@superguy1591: But Lex is the only real game in Metropolis no onw their has any real ability to compete with him

So what if they are Batman's rogues Lex is a Superman villian does that mean he dosnt count?

Agreed, they both get whatever they want, even if its the most expensive thing ever, so why bother, its not like there was, is or will be something they can't get.

Probably

I'm guessing your talking about the end of No Man's Land? The way I remember it is Lex was going to try to rebuild Gotham and establish a power base but Bruce stopped him. Still, been a while since I read that one so I'm not sure.

@lordofthenorth: Lex is the only famous rich guy we know because Lex is one of the few rich guys Superman fights. It doesn't mean he's the only rich guy in town, Lex is just the richest of the rich. And we know of Gotham's wealthy because they're Batman's rouges so we get to know the other rich people.