Note: Sorry if the beginning is slow. I am trying to set a foundation of who the Waynes are and what Wayne Enterprises does.
Thomas and Martha Wayne welcome newborn Bruce into the world. The Wayne family has always been known as the first family of Gotham City. The Waynes have historically given back to their beloved city and have done all they can to keep it safe.
Thomas and Martha bring up Bruce to be kind, humble, generous person as they all have been. Bruce grew up knowing they were wealthy but never flaunted it. He was a very well rounded and grounded kid.
Bruce's two closest friends have been Tommy Elliot and Selina Kyle. At times the three were inseparable. Both boys were aggressive and drive by nature. The boys' fathers were very powerful and smart. They worked hard and their generosity and how they cared for the less fortunate made them two of the most respected men in Gotham City. The boys were always smarter and more mature for their age.
Selina often dreams about being married to one of them and being a powerful trophy wife. Her family was not nearly as well off as the Elliots and Waynes so she often stole things from her friends' residences so she could feel as rich and powerful as them.
There were times either boy liked Selina, times they both liked her, times she liked one or both, but never a time where she was "just" friends with the boys. But she always seemed to like the more edgy friend. She always teased them that whichever boy proposed to her first she would marry but it had to be a grand proposal with a huge, public scene. Since Tommy seemed to like Selina a lot more than Bruce he was always doing more outlandish things to get her attention and admiration. Some of things he did scared Bruce, Selina, and even kids' parents. This led to Tommy beginning to see renowned psychologist Hugo Strange at the young age of 10.
Growing up there were two lessons Thomas always taught Bruce. One, you are defined by not what happens to you in life, but how you react to what life does to us. It's not about the action but the reaction. You might not be responsible for the action but you are always responsible for the reaction. The second lesson is that when you are forced to react to life it will bring you to a fork in the road. Take a mental snapshot at that moment and realize you will always look back at this moment, this defining moment and know which ever road you take will now define the rest of your life.
When Thomas is not around to remind Bruce of the lessons, their estate's caregiver, Alfred is. Alfred and Thomas are the same age. It's very rare that someone in Thomas's position hires a friend or a peer in a subservient role. But the two have been best friends for over a decade and they wouldn't have it any other way.
Thomas is the CEO of Wayne Enterprises. This family company has developed over the generations. Whenever it branches out into a new field, it soon becomes the leader in that field. Right now Wayne Enterprises has two main divisions and many subdivisions within the respectable divisions. The first major division is medical. This is Thomas' specialty. Within the medical umbrella there is Wayne Medical, Wayne Medical Research, and Wayne Cytogenetics, among others.
The second division is technology. Thomas's right hand man, Lucius Fox is head over the technology division. Within that division is Wayne Security, Wayne Technology, Wayne Defense and Wayne Communications. Wayne Enterprises has made key partnerships with local businesses and areas of government so they can offer than knowledge and money.
The technical division has partnered up with GCPD to stay one step ahead of the criminal world. Companies and homes with Wayne Security have their surveillance uploaded to GCPD. So any break-ins are reported directly to GCPD and the video feed is instantly viewed at GCPD. Of course home and business owners can select which cameras can get linked to GCPD to save themselves privacy. All video is available to the home or business owner on their heavily secured personal networks.
Wayne Enterprises is the first private company to offer this law enforcement partnership. This made Wayne Enterprises one of the companies that made the 1980's the golden age of technology. This further cemented Wayne Enterprises as a respected leader in this industry. Local criminal organizations have seen their business go down. Other security companies, defense contractors and communication corporations have strongly considered taking Wayne Enterprises' lead and working more closely with GCPD and their local police.
Thomas made many friends within GCPD because of his close involvement. His closet friend was one of the beat cops who worked in the Wayne Enterprises neighborhood; an officer Jim Gordon. Jim's partner, Officer Flass didn't share his partner's friendship with the Waynes. He didn't want to "sell out" and schmooze with the rich people. Others that didn't share Gordon's fondness of the Waynes was Gordon's boss Harvey Bullock and even the commissioner, Gillian Loeb.
The medical division has partnered with the Gotham University Medical School and helped make it one of the world's leading medical schools. Wayne Medical has also partnered up with Gotham General and also made it among the world's top hospitals in research and cytogenetics.
Bruce wanted to work for his father but follow more in Lucius Fox's footsteps of technology and weaponry. Thomas then invested a lot in Tommy's father Roger who was the Chief of Surgery at Gotham General and CEO of Elliot Medical Research. Roger's expertise aided Wayne Enterprises in making Gotham General one of the leading hospitals.
Roger and Thomas planned on merging Elliot Medical Research with Wayne Medical Research and making Roger president over it. The long term plan was for Thomas, Roger and Lucius all retire at 50, give Bruce the CEO of Wayne Enterprises and president of Lucius's divisions and make Tommy president of all the Wayne Medical divisions and Bruce's right hand man. The boys couldn't wait for that day.