Charter 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,
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. 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.