Originally Posted by
Tzigone
While I do keep Queen much less rich than Wayne, I do like the idea of Oliver involved in a business and seeing his liberal views in how he manages that business (which he must own enough to control, though not own solely).
I've no interest in seeing Queen Industries/Consolidated as the evil company Ollie fights. I really hate that almost every major villain must have a personal connection to the hero's past, and that's what this is. And unless it had good name recognition, it'd probably renamed after sold, anyway, after this many years.
I go the reverse on parents - Thomas inherited, but was uninterested in the business, instead pursing medicine, while Robert and Moira built their company from the ground up (admittedly, I had Robert from a upper-middle or lower-upper class and Moira from a rich movie/tv producer so he could have that Errol Flynn bow that Ollie valued so much so they were starting at a distinct advantage and maybe with her dad giving them a generous loan). And Thomas would have been happy no matter what Bruce wanted to do for a career, basically, while Robert always wanted Ollie to care about the business.