Lex Luthor

Alexander Joseph "Lex" Luthor (born 1972) is a billionaire industrialist, inventor, and scientist, as well as one of the most intelligent people in the world. He is the son of Lillian Luthor and the late Lionel Luthor, the brother of Lena Luthor.

Lex is a charismatic, powerful, and influential businessman, yet controversial public figure, as well as the CEO of LexCorp.

Early life
Lex Luthor was born in 1971=2 to billionaires Lionel and Lillian Luthor. He hails from one of the world's wealthiest and most prestigious families. Since early childhood, Lex exhibited an extremely high intellect, which made his mother greatly proud of him, often referring to her son as a "genius" and being very close to him as he grew up.

Life in Metropolis
Lex inherited the family company, Luthor Corp, becoming the new CEO. He turned the company into a multi-national corporation that would ultimately come to dominate the city of Metropolis. With it, he owns many media corporations in the city and uses them to reinforce his public image as a wealthy benefactor. The one paper outlet that had always stood free was the Daily Planet.

One such critic was the young reporter, and Editor In Chief, Perry White. Luthor detested White, due to his outspoken attitudes and a release by the Planet condemning his actions with an outrageous editorial signed by White himself.

He then hired Mercy Graves as head of the company's security and his assistant, respectively. Over time, Lex's relationship with Mercy grew deeper, to the point that she eventually became his closest confidant and frequent dinner guest.

Launch of Project Metallo
When Clark Kent is first inducted into the Daily Planet, his first job was to interview Lex with Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen. At the time, Lex was hosting a press conference regarding LexCorp's newest project and a future expo. He revealed his company was working on a program called Project Metallo. Which would revolutionize a cybernetic peace-keeping force within Metropolis, and later, the world.

After the press conference, sometime later, John Corben was sent to the Metropolis General Hospital after falling ill due to a fire. Corben was paralyzed from the neck down, for the rest of his life. Lex and Mercy confronted him, informing him they had a fix and a way to save his life. He had to sign a contract that would keep him in check regarding the future of what he does. Corben immediately signed it, not caring, no matter the cost. Lex had him extracted to LexCorp Laboratories to begin work.

The surgery took time and had checkpoints. Meaning, records were kept of each time they inputted something into him. Within these tapes, John Corben was losing his mind. Lex, knew of this but kept this within his lab. John was now good as new and sent back into the real world, and he slowly began acting as a hero.

Metallo, a force for good
However, as days pass, his mind was once again, deteriorating and Corben confronted Lex about this. Lex assured him that he had the best team in the world working on a fix, so in the meantime, Corben should take time. Corben stormed out of the building in anger and committed an attack on the LexCorp Docks.

Confrontation
After the destruction of the docks, Luthor arrived and the police filmed him in. Following this, Luthor immediately fired the active security personnel who were supposed to be monitoring the property.

Later that day, the long waited LexCorp Expo arrived and Lex's company had showcased numerous new and old developments. Initially planned to also unveil Project Metallo but Corben had become a fugitive. At this press conference, John Corben had arrived to kill Lex for what he had done to him. However after he injured security and began heading for Lex's office, Superman had arrived and tackled Corben, sending him away from Lex.

[[File:Furious lex.png|thumb|right|Lex Luthor furious at Superman.


 * 280px]]As Superman and Corben fought it out, numerous projects and assets of the company were destroyed as collateral damage. This infuriated Lex, however, after Superman dealt with Metallo and handed him to the authorities. Lex was still angry, even after Superman offered to help repair it, Lex demanded him to get off his property or he'd be prosecuted. Superman apologized and left the scene.

Aftermath of the Metallo incident
That night, Lex was in his lab and tasked his employees with finding more minerals like Kryptonite, considering it was the only thing able to hurt Superman in the fight.

Because of the Metallo incident, a controversy arouse about LexCorp, therefore Lex took time to shed away from the media, albeit he never said anything about the incident publicly. Lex realized the world was beginning to love Superman more, and he wanted to know why.

Abilities

 * Genius-level intellect/Great business acumen/Master tactician/Leader: A child prodigy turned recognized-genius, Lex's intelligence is nearly unrivaled, being in the top two smartest beings on Earth, being slightly rivaled by Bruce Wayne. While having no known degrees, he is an immensely well-read and equally multi-skilled individual. Ever calculating and methodical, he is a near flawless planner, able to assess and account for the numerous variables and from this, effectively manipulate the situation to unfold as he sees fit. So effective in his methods, the only individual who was ever capable of outsmarting Lex was Superman.
 * Master of deception/Manipulator: Lex is exceptionally talented in the art of deception, as he is able to fool and convince many others of his agenda, to the point that he is able to keep up the façade of being merely a normal person of extreme intelligence and a famous CEO of LexCorp while simultaneously fighting Superman to a long standstill.
 * Master scientist: Lex has a great aptitude countless fields of study. Lex is also an extremely capable biologist and is considered among the greatest living experts on the human body, having studied them intensively.
 * Chemistry
 * Robotic Engineering
 * Master engineer: Lex is a brilliant inventor, specializing in various scientific fields of engineering. An extremely talented engineer, he was able to design many sophisticated devices and inventions such as the exo-skeleton for Metallo and many more things for his company.
 * Medical knowledge: Though he's never explicitly stated to have an M.D. or doctorate, Lex demonstrated satisfactory resourcefulness and remarkable knowledge in the medical field, as he was able to make a correct diagnosis on the condition of John Corben with no prior knowledge of it.
 * Computer specialist/Master computer hacker:  Lex's computer expertise is highly advanced.
 * Multilingualism: Lex is capable of fluently speaking English, Latin, Mandarin, Korean, and Russian.
 * Expert marksman: Lex is trained in basic use of firearms.
 * Business Management: As the CEO of LexCorp, Lex has great Business Management skills. He has extensive skills and experience in business management, has a thorough understanding of financial marketing and management, and is often seen as an example of a successful industrialist and businessman on a par with Bruce Wayne.


 * Indomitable will/High tolerance for pain: A driven and determined person, Lex is nearly fearless and almost never gives up, as proven by his ongoing feud with Superman.
 * Intimidation: Lex is universally regarded as an extremely dangerous individual and among Earth's most feared men; he commands an intimidating presence, to the point where most humans and aliens are afraid of him.