Lucius' success started at Morton Business school where he graduated at the top of the class. His first major job was as Vice President of an airline company called Atwater Air. The airline was in dire financial problems and on the verge of bankruptcy. However Fox used his expertise and in a short period of time turned the company around and made it profitable without having people lose their jobs. Lucius became the business world's most sought out execs afterwards.

Though he was given many offers, Lucius decided to accept the role of CEO of Wayne Enterprises due to the challenge once again of turning it and its subsidiary's around and because he saw Bruce Wayne as an honest person.