When Tully's body began to deteriorate, he handed Warren McGinnis a disc containing information about the virus, and also attempted to tell him to reveal it to the public should "anything happen to ". The gruesome effect of the gas on an unwilling test subject. Since experimentation on humans was illegal, the unscrupulous Powers infected his employee Harry Tully, making it look like an accidental leak.
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Although Bruce Wayne was disgusted with what Powers was doing to his company, his poor health had left Powers free to run Wayne-Powers unsupervised.ĭerek Powers smooth talking to Warren McGinnis.Īt one point, he developed a deadly viral mutagen and intended to sell it internationally. In addition, Powers' influence was such that he even had the Gotham City Police Department in his pocket. Under his leadership, Wayne-Powers continued to grow, and entered into the research and manufacture of weapons. Powers soon gained the reputation of a corporate shark for his strategies of downsizing and gobbling up smaller companies. One of his first actions upon assuming leadership was to fire its Vice-President. After finally succeeding in taking over Wayne Enterprises, he turned the merged company into Wayne-Powers.
While little is known about his past, Powers ran Powers Technology and attempted to take over Wayne Enterprises at least once as early as twenty years prior, and also was extremely distant with his son, to the extent that he even backed out of a promise for a fishing trip. Dubbed a "financial czar" and "corporate kingpin" by the media, Derek Powers was Gotham City's most successful and powerful chief executive officer.
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