In the World of Fictions, we have heard many names that radiates Power and Wealth. And if You have a
truck load of Cash that is not a Power but it is a Super Power.
So, Today will look at few of the Main Titans in the fictional world
which are not just Super Powers but are Nuclear Super Powers to the World and Society.
Because these Conglomerates can either make this world a utopia
or a dystopia. Yes, that is how much Power they derive from their vast wealth. Just a heads up,
some of the names you already guessed are in the List and some you never thought!
1. Ferris Air
Rather than giving its introduction as ‘Ferris Air Inc, one of the leading aviation companies
in the world specializing in advanced aviation concepts’ if I say it is the
company once employed Hal Jordan, aka the first Green Lantern Corps member of Earth;
you will surely have your memories resurfaced. Yes! it is that Airlines.
Ferris-Bloch Air-Cargo, Ltd. was founded by Carl Ferris a business man and Conrad Bloch a pilot.
Together they became profitable against the odds and down the road
company was handed over to their daughter and goddaughter Carol Ferris.
Due to its popularity Ferris Air is the Boeing of the DC Universe, however when compared with
financial records, Ferris Air can hardly measure up to Boeing which is worth nearly $100 billions dollars.
More suitable real-life example for Ferris Airlines is ‘Nordam Group LLC’. NORDAM
is a family-owned, global aerospace manufacturing and repair firm which has a net worth of Over $500
million. According to that comparison Ferris Air climbs up in the Forbes Fictional Fortune ladder
unto the 34th Position which previously wasn’t in it. Company is an emerging rival to the
Two Aviation giants in the industry; Lexcorp Aviations and Wayne Airlines.
2. Gringotts Wizarding Bank
When looking at the world of Harry Potter, the biggest company that comes to mind without a
doubt is Gringotts Wizarding Bank. It is the only bank in the wizarding world,
and is owned and operated by goblins. Bank was created by a goblin called Gringott, in 1474.
Its main offices are located around the North Side of Diagon Alley in London, England.
Bank stores money, gold, valuables of Wizards and Witches and features an intense magical
security system which includes a subterranean maze, magical barriers and protective spells,
and dragons. There are hundreds of thousands of vaults, each with a unique key.
The nearest real-world example we can found with such features and caliber is the Royal
Bank of Scotland. The net worth of Royal Bank is accounted to be £2.23 billion
(about US$2.98 billion), and Gringotts seems to be the sole Titan in banking
industry in fictional world even ranking 25th in the list, among many Tech Giants.
3. LexCorp
From a humble beginning which started in a top floor
office of the Daily Planet building in Metropolis,
it rose to become one of the world's largest, most diversified multinational conglomerates.
In 1974, LexCorp was founded by Alexander Luthor Sr., an immigrant from East Germany,
and had its headquarters built in downtown Metropolis. His son treasured every effort
his father made to build this company and after his dad’s passing away he managed the company
ingeniously which resulting the company to flourish into a massive corporate giant.
The magnificent Glass Tower ‘Lexcorp’ is the headquarters of Lex Industries
and is a perfect marriage of architecture and technology.
It is the biggest, grandest, most highly advanced structure in Metropolis.
The very view of Tower often reminds us a similar structure in 5th Avenue, New York.
Addition to that Luthor has also won the US Presidency held in 2000
According to Superman: The Man of Steel #110.
Although there seems to be much similarities between the two,
we cannot compare their Businesses as One is based on Real-estate and Hotels while
the other is based on Aviation and Tech research.
Therefore, we will be looking at a different real-life example which will be more into LexCorp’s Scope.
LexCorp was originally organized as an aerospace engineering firm yet grew rapidly into a diverse
international conglomerate with interests in waste management, industrial manufacturing,
technology, chemicals, retail, bio-engineering, oil, airlines, media, financial services,
robotics, logistics, stock brokerage houses, and food.
LexCorp is claimed to worth $65 billion but we are not sure to what degree it is accurate. So, to get
a better idea about its vast wealth, let’s look at some major subsidiary companies under LexCorp.
LexCorp houses few of the prominent companies in Country related to different sectors.
Such as LexComp, LexChemical, LexComm, LexEl Investments, FedLex,
LexMart, TelLex and the Oldest two LexAir and LexOil.
If we carefully look at these major subsidiaries we can surely come up with their real-world counterpart.
LexChemical in the comics is more similar to Eastman Chemical which has a revenue
of $9.3 billion in previous year. LexEl Investments is today’s ‘Cascade Investments’:
which has a market price of $24.38 per share and summing up to a pre-tax value of $15.14 billion.
In the presence the main stream that brings truck load of money to the Corporation is its Logistics
Giant Fedlex. By the sound of the name we know what’s its real-world representation is. Yes! It
is none other than the multinational delivery services company, with a share price of $244
altogether adding up to a market capitalization of value over US$55.5 billion, FedEx.
Although Luthor’s roots were in Airlines and Oil Production he became
the Crowned Prince in logistics. LexMart which is more similar to
Wal-Mart’s rival Target in a financial sense, has a revenue of $11.3 billion.
Then the two oldest Ones who became the base of LexCorp,
LexAir and Lex Oil. Lex Air is the embodiment of Allegiant Air in comic world, which has a revenue
of $2.18 billion and LexOil is the essence of Marathon Oil having a net worth of 5.2 billion.
So, from all the sectors it adds up to a total of $98.62 billion,
more than $33.62 billion with compared to the said value.
With this analysis LexCorp turns out to be 6th richest corporation in the entire Forbes list.
4. Queen Consolidated
Founded by Robert Queen and run primarily by the Queen family, is located in Star City
which was city’s head business. In the beginning Queen Consolidated made much
of its profits from the sale of weapons and munitions. But after witnessing its
adversities on society they turned over a new leaf. They started producing steel, focusing
on finance and tried to expand into an umbrella corporation that does engages in many businesses.
If you’ve watched TV Series Arrow you’ll be sure to get a thorough understanding about the
Ownership of firm which changed from time to time. (Arrow 2x01 - Walter Steele to the Rescue) If we
looked at its finances, we cannot clearly relate it to an exact real-life company. However, it has
some similarities to Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company which showed a revenue of $3.632 billion in 2020.
According to various sources Oliver Queen’s net worth amounts to nearly $3 billion
and since he is the major shareholder of the company owning more than 50%
we can somewhat agree with this assumption. Results shows that
Queen Consolidated is the 24th Fortune in the list just before Gringotts.
5. Stark Industries
The Big Gun in Weapon Industry that fuels the heroic acts of grandiose Iron Man.
Built by Isaac Stark, Sr. in the 19th century and
later taken over by Howard Stark and then by his son Tony, after his death.
Company made its today’s fortune by manufacturing advanced weapons and
developing military technologies. Forbes has valued Stark Industries to be $51.87
billion back in 2011. Yet if we focus on the real-life example of Stark Industries
which is Lockheed Martin Corporation we might be able to derive a better approximation.
Just like Tony’s Stark Industries, Lockheed Martin’s also a leader in defense,
arms, security, and advanced technologies. We can strongly agree even the creators had this
idea when Stark Industries has a logo similar to the celebrated defense contractor Lockheed Martin
and during the press conference scene, Stark is seen entering a building that resembles the
entrance to Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works facility. An airplane extremely similar to
the Lockheed YF-22 stood as a statue in front of the Stark Industries facility,
exactly like the prototypes on display at Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California.
When we look at the financial statements, Lockheed Martin’s had a revenue of $59.81 billion last year
which is nearly an $8 billion difference from the Old Forbes. If we stick with this approximation
Stark Industries is might be the 7th biggest Titan in the fictional World just below LexCorp.
6. Wonka Factory
Wonka Chocolate Company is actually a real-world company operated by Nestle under
‘Wonka Candy Company’ name. Although the scope of Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory
and Nestle’s Wonka Candy Company do greatly differ, they have somewhat similar origins.
The company is inspired by the novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and launched in 1971
thus coinciding with the release of the film, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
If we looked at real world scenario In January 2018, Nestlé USA announced it is selling its US
confectionary business to Ferrero, an Italian chocolate and candy maker. The company was sold
for a total of an estimated $2.8 billion. But this can hardly be the net worth of a behemoth
Chocolate Factory. Willy Wonka’s company is more similar to today’s Mars Incorporated,
which is one of the largest food companies in the world. It has produced a revenue of
$35 billion in the recent year and is a matching example for Wonka Factory. Willy Wonka’s Chocolate
Factory is the Single sweetest Company in the list even dominating up to the 11th position.
7. Wayne Enterprises
The world renowned dearly loved conglomerate in fiction world, chaired by celebrated Gotham’s
White Knight Bruce Wayne is a large, growing multinational company diversified in many sectors.
The business was first founded by merchant ancestors of the Wayne family in the 17th
century as a merchant house, it is among the oldest companies in the DC Universe.
Company is primarily known for its military defense contracts and Space exploration Projects.
But Wayne Enterprises also includes dozens of umbrella companies involved
in all sectors of the economy both in Gotham City and around the world.
Subsidiaries of Enterprise deals in Biotech, Chemicals, Electronics,
Energy, Entertainment being the parent company of The Daily Planet newspaper,
Mining, Oil, Pharmaceuticals, Securities, Steel, Yards and many summing up to a vast wealth.
While Forbes had valued the Enterprises revenue to be $31.3 billion, its methodology wasn't made
public, not to mention its timeliness. So, in this Video we have dug deep to extract
information related to this Conglomerate Giant. Looking at the family business, we can compare
Wayne Enterprises' construction division to real-world Turner Construction, with a revenue
of $11.77 billion in previous year. Because Wayne Enterprises also moves into security,
we can relate it to L-3 Communications, which had a revenue of $18.1 billion in 2019.
The shipping division is compared with Horizon Lines, which gain $1.5 billion in 2019,
and the emerging Gold Mine ‘Wayne Aerospace’ was compared with Space X, which saw an average
annualized revenue of $2.5 billion. But currently as we all know Space X worth
more than $100 billion yet we cannot say for sure that ‘Wayne Aerospace’
is capable of replicating a similar feat. Therefore, let’s keep that fact as it is.
We cannot forget the company which beautiful Lois Lane works,
Daily Planet which is also under the management of Wayne Enterprises amounts
to a revenue of $29.54 million which is based on New York Times.
Therefore, based on the information, Wayne Enterprises has an approximate revenue of
$33.87 billion only from its main subsidiaries not to mention the Wayne Tech’s acquisitions of Mr. Terrific’s HoltCorp
worth of $1 billion and Blue Beetle’s Kord Industries which worth nearly $5 billion.
However, the largest component of the Enterprise is the defense division which fits well with
the movie since we are told that this sector of the company has become its “cornerstone”
and it explains why Bruce Wayne has the latest in military technology to help fight crime in Gotham.
At the end of ‘Batman Begins’ Wayne Enterprises goes public. If we think about some similarities,
General Electric is another public company with a significant defense sector,
and a long history, founded in New York. Its shares trade at around 64 times its earnings.
The revenue of General Electric for last year is $ 95.21 billion.
With these reports if we add up main component with its main subsidiaries
it would make Wayne Enterprises the 3rd largest Super Power in the
world by market capitalization totaling up to $129.08 billion
resulting a catastrophe in the Forbes fortune where it was ranked at 11th position.