Charter Company

For the communications service, see Charter Communications.
Not to be confused with a chartered company.
The Charter Company
Company typePublic
NYSE: CHR
Industry
  • Oil refining
  • Insurance
  • Communications
FoundedJacksonville, Florida, United States (1949 (1949))
FounderRaymond Knight Mason
Defunct1992 (1992)
Fate
  • Divested
  • Entertainment group acquired by Viacom
SuccessorSpelling Entertainment Group Inc.
Headquarters
Jacksonville, Florida
,
United States

The Charter Company of Jacksonville, Florida was a conglomerate with more than 180 subsidiaries that was in the Fortune 500 for 11 years beginning in 1974 and ranked 61st in 1984.[1] The company filed for bankruptcy protection in late 1984, eventually selling off all of its businesses and purchasing Spelling Entertainment Inc. to form Spelling Entertainment Group Inc in 1992.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Fortune 500". CNN Money. 1984.
  2. ^ "The Charter Co. Shareholders Approve Name Change to Spelling Entertainment Group Inc". October 5, 1992. Archived from the original on June 17, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  3. ^ Mark Basch (March 29, 1999). "Purchase of Spelling will close Charter connection". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved January 19, 2013.