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The Young and the Restless family | |
First appearance | November 26, 1973 |
Created by | William J. Bell |
Introduced by | John Conboy |
Duration | 1973– |
The Chancellors are fictional characters and a core family from the CBS Daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless .
Since their introduction in 1973, the family has mainly been represented by Katherine Chancellor (Jeanne Cooper) and her feud with her husband Phillip II (Donnelly Rhodes)'s young mistress Jill Foster (Jess Walton). After years of feuding, Jill and Katherine form a bond and Kay becomes a mother figure to Jill, and a grandmother to Jill's sons. The family is currently represented by Jill, her son Billy Abbott (Jason Thompson), and his children and Katherine's own grandchildren Devon Hamilton (Bryton James) and Mackenzie Browning (Kelly Kruger).
The history of the Chancellor family is deeply rooted in the history of Genoa City, which was founded by Civil War hero Garfield Dandridge Chancellor. In 1973 Garfield's great-great-grandson, Phillip Chancellor II, was running Chancellor Industries. He resided in the Chancellor mansion with his alcoholic and promiscuous wife Katherine (Kay). The two barely communicated with each other as husband and wife, and the lonely Phillip, driven to distraction by Katherine's obsessive behavior, sought refuge in the company of Katherine's young and beautiful paid companion, Jill Foster. [1] Phillip and Jill fell in love, Jill was a virgin but became pregnant the one and only time they made love. Phillip obtained a divorce from Katherine in the Dominican Republic, but Katherine got her revenge by picking Phillip up from the airport on his return, and drove him off a cliff when he refused to give her another chance. Phillip married Jill on his deathbed in order to provide for her and their unborn child. However, Katherine later had Phillip's divorce from her invalidated, on the basis she was drunk when she signed the divorce papers, which automatically annulled Phillip and Jill's marriage. So Katherine was reinstated as Phillip's legal widow. Phillip's affair with Jill Foster produced a son, Phillip III. The stage was set for a long and bitter feud between the two women that would continue for decades.
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Garfield Dandridge Chancellor | Mrs. Chancellor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Phillip Chancellor I | Mrs. Chancellor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gary Reynolds | Arthur Hendricks | Katherine Chancellor | Phillip Chancellor II | Jill Abbott | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brock Reynolds | Amanda Browning | Tucker McCall | Yolanda Hamilton | Phillip Chancellor III | Nina Webster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mackenzie Browning | J. T. Hellstrom | Devon Hamilton | Chance Chancellor (Phillip Chancellor IV) | Abby Newman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
D.J. Hellstrom | Becca Hellstrom | Dominic Abbott Newman Chancellor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Company type | Public |
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Predecessor | Newman-Chancellor Industries |
Founder | Phillip Chancellor |
Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | Chicago, Illinois |
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Owner | |
Divisions | Chancellor Construction Chancellor Entertainment Chancellor Communications |
Subsidiaries | Organic Life Bio Link |
Chancellor Industries (CI) was a major design-and-engineering conglomerate, headquartered in Genoa City, Wisconsin.
Before his death, Phillip Chancellor II supervised all of the company's holdings, including the factory in Genoa City where Liz Foster worked. After Phillip's death, Katherine relied on good friend Victor Newman to keep an eye on things, and on Mitchell Sherman for legal advice. [20] In later years Jill Foster Abbott, Neil Winters, and Cane Ashby all acted as CEO. For a brief period Katherine hired Jack Abbott as CEO. It was also the parent company of Jabot Cosmetics.
The company was referred to as a sleeping giant according to former CEO Jack Abbott, CI was "financially capable and always without scandal."
For a couple years CI was wholly owned subsidiary of Tucker McCall Unlimited when Katherine's long lost son, billionaire business mogul Tucker McCall assumed ownership via a hostile takeover. Tucker eventually sold Katherine majority ownership of CI under pressure from Victor Newman.
A couple of weeks after Katherine's funeral, on September 27, 2013, Victor Newman received a letter from Katherine leaving him Chancellor Industries. Her letter to him read: My Dear friend Victor, by the time you read this, you will have learned of my passing. I lived a long and colorful life and have no regrets about entering the next phase of my journey, save one. I wanted to ensure the longevity of my beloved Chancellor Industries. That is why I've decided to name you the sole owner of the company. I hope you will accept this gift in the loving spirit in which it was given. Love, Katherine. As the new majority shareholder and Chairman of Chancellor Industries, Victor immediately plans a merger between Chancellor and Newman Enterprises. The new company is titled Newman-Chancellor Industries.
Victor was having cash management issues due to some bad acquisitions, so it became necessary for him to sell Chancellor Industries. He gave Jill an exclusive opportunity before putting it on the market, acknowledging "If Katherine would want the company to go to anyone but me, I think it would be Jill." [21] On February 2, 2015, Jill Foster Abbott bought Chancellor Industries from Victor Newman.
Currently Jill Foster Abbott Atkinson is the sole owner of Chancellor Industries. Cane Ashby is its CEO. Katherine's grandson Devon Hamilton loaned Jill some of the money for the purchase initially because of a blackmail attempt by Jill's husband, and Cane's father Colin Atkinson. But later Devon gave the money of his own free will explaining "You know, Jill, Katherine gave me this money to do what I want with it, and what I want is for you and Cane to have the company. I really do. As long as Colin has nothing to do with it. [22]
Back at the Chancellor's, Brock is upset to realize that he missed Mac's 16th birthday on December 30.
At the Winters' apartment, Devon came out of his room to find Neil and Dru have decorated the living room for a surprise 18th birthday party.