Charter Company
Defunct oil refining, insurance, and communications conglomerate (1949-1992) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the communications service, see Charter Communications.
Not to be confused with a chartered company.
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]
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Company type | Public |
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NYSE: CHR | |
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Founded | Jacksonville, Florida, United States (1949 (1949)) |
Founder | Raymond Knight Mason |
Defunct | 1992 (1992) |
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Successor | Spelling Entertainment Group Inc. |
Headquarters | , United States |
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