ELQ

Current logo for ELQ International

**ELQ International**, or Edward Louis Quartermaine International, (formerly **ELQ Industries** and **ELQ Enterprises**) is a multinational conglomerate headquartered in Port Charles. Owned by the wealthy Quartermaines, it is one of the largest businesses in the region.

They are continually one of the sponsors of the annual Nurses Ball charity event.

It is a competitor of nearby companies *Chandler Enterprises* and *Buchanan Enterprises*.

## History

* 1980s and 90s
* 2000-11
* 2012-13
* 2014-present

In 1978, Edward Quartermaine arrived in Port Charles having followed his son, Alan, and brought his family company ELQ. In 1980, Laura Webber received a job as a secretary for Edward at ELQ. Edward also enlists Luke Spencer to assist him and his niece Alexandria, in searching for the Ice Princess, the world's largest uncut diamond. It was working for Edward at ELQ, where Luke and Laura, finally realized their feelings and couldn't live without each other.

In 1984, Edward discovers what it is like to be broke when his daughter-in-law Monica and her new flame, Sean Donely, organize a hostile takeover. Sean leaked word of a merger between Donely Shipping and the Cassadine Industries. Edward's illegitimate son Jimmy Lee Holt decided to sell the family stock and invest it all. Monica had second thoughts and tried to warn the family that the merger was a fake but they didn't listen and the Quartermaines lost everything. However Edward's wife, Lila Quartermaine, manages to make their fortune back with a new business called *Pickle-Lila*. Monica's husband Alan later faked his death to get back at Sean and his wife. Sean being faced with a murder charge, finally returned the Quartermaines' money.

When Edward was presumed dead in 1988, he left all his assets to his grandson Ned Quartermaine. Alan, tried to keep Ned and his sister Tracy from getting their greedy hands on ELQ. He appealed to the board members to vote his way and Ned did the same thing. To be fair, Ned offered Alan a test: Each one of them would invest $2 million, and the one who got the bigger return would get ELQ. The tug of war continued, with Alan and Tracy taking turns running the company, resigning, letting the other one take over, and resigning again. Alan finally turned the reins over to Tracy once and for all in order to stop his then wife Lucy Coe from constantly nagging him about ELQ. Ned was then named the new CEO.

In 1990, Tracy's former beau David McAllister, wound up murdered with Tracy as the prime suspect. She asked Scott Baldwin to defend her which he only agreed to do, after he was granted the position as General Counsel at ELQ.

In 1991, ELQ was taking losses that concerned the Quartermaines but Ned assured them that a ship called the “SS Tracy” was docking with machinery that would revitalize their cannery and rebuild the Quartermaine money. However an environmental group called the Greenbelts was rallying to protest the arrival of the ship which they claimed was carrying unsafe chemicals. The ship exploded in route to dock and Ned was furious as he suspected the ship was sabotaged. Following this, Alan and Monica realized neither Ned nor Tracy could run the family business and hired Paul Hornsby to save ELQ. However Paul was part of a drug cartel that simply wanted Tracy's stock shares. A few months later when Edward was revealed to be alive, he and Ned are successful at getting ELQ back after blackmailing Paul into handing over his shares of ELQ.

In 1996, Sonny Corinthos invests in ELQ; Jasper Jacks also gets a spot on the ELQ board. Neither of these makes Edward happy, especially when Jax teams up with Tracy to take over ELQ. Ned's wife Lois was especially angry when Ned resumed his post as CEO of ELQ to help fend off Tracy and Jax.

In 1998, Edward promises his grandson A.J. the CEO position at ELQ if he can bring A.J.'s son Michael home to the Quartermaines. If A.J. succeeds, Ned will be out of a job. Edward is forced to eat his words when A.J. is able to bring Michael into the Quartermaine fold by marrying Michael's mother, Carly. A.J. threatens to leave with his new family if Edward doesn't fork over the CEO position. So, A.J. is appointed CEO, and Ned leaves, telling Edward that he will not come in and save the family again, especially when the whole thing blows up in his face.

In 2000, Edward kicks A.J. out of the CEO position when he learns that A.J. has burned down Sonny's warehouse, and for losing Michael. With ELQ without a CEO (Ned will not come back), Edward makes an odd move in courting corporate raider Jasper Jacks. Edward hopes that Ned will swoop in to save the company like he had done previously when Jax tried to buy out ELQ, but Ned remains true to his promise of not returning. Edward has a stroke of luck when Jax forgets about ELQ to go after a drug company to obtain medication for Lila's distant cousin Chloe Morgan from Helena Cassadine. Jax sells his shares of ELQ, which had come from A.J. and Tracy, to Edward. Edward then takes over as CEO of ELQ.

In 2001, Edward is outraged when he is voted out of the CEO position in favor of his granddaughter Skye Chandler-Quartermaine. Later that year when Jax sells controlling interest of ELQ to Lila, Edward hopes she'll make him CEO again. But, Lila tells him that he will be co-CEO with Skye. Edward has no choice but to accept Lila's decision.

When Edward fakes a stroke in 2002, Lila, uncertain of Edward's chances of a recovery, appoints Ned CEO of ELQ. Ned intends to use ELQ to go after mobster Sonny Corinthos, much to Edward's dismay.

In 2003, A.J. once again gets his chance to run ELQ when he becomes CEO after Ned is falsely accused of rape. However, A.J. later empties the Quartermaine bank accounts and leaves town with Lydia Karenin, leaving Edward to step in as CEO once again. Skye is later booted off the ELQ board by Edward after learning that she is in fact not a Quartermaine.

When the ELQ-owned Port Charles Hotel burns down thanks to faulty wiring, Edward wants to take responsibility for the fire, but Tracy convinces him that it will be best for ELQ if he remains quiet. While Edward recovers from a heart attack that nearly killed him, Edward's grandson Justus Ward convinces Edward that he should act senile to avoid responsibility for the fire. Tracy takes advantage of the situation and goes after ELQ. Eventually, an arson report relieves the family of responsibility for the fire, and a battle for control over ELQ breaks out between Tracy and Edward with Tracy's son Dillon holding the deciding vote. Dillon is forced to side with his mother, and Tracy is named CEO.

In 2005, Tracy's husband Luke agrees to help Tracy maintain her position as CEO of ELQ for three months, which will be long enough to solidify the position. When it is time to vote for the new CEO of ELQ, Luke doesn't support his wife, and she loses out to mobster Lorenzo Alcazar. Tracy managed to regain control later that year.

In Summer 2006, ELQ faces several lawsuits after a subsidiary of the company, Enduro, manufactured and produced faulty condoms which cause the pregnancies of Elizabeth Webber by Edward's grandson Jason Morgan and Luke's daughter Lulu Spencer by Dillon Quartermaine. Maxie Jones also used the faulty condoms as a excuse to trick Lucky Spencer into thinking she was pregnant.

In 2011, Edward pitches the idea of having Michael intern at ELQ. Jason tells him that Michael already has a job working for Sonny, but it is up to Michael to make the decision. Not giving up, Edward offers Michael's girlfriend Abby Haver a well-paying job at ELQ, under the provision that she gets Michael to work there alongside her. Edward is delighted when Michael accepts his offer, much to Sonny and Carly's dismay. Abby enjoys her work at ELQ, but Michael does not feel the same way and quits shortly after.

Later, Tracy reaches out to Edward when mobster Anthony Zacchara threatens to inform the authorities and the Soleito family that she had secretly funneled her ex-husband Gino Soleito's money into ELQ years before.

In 2012, Edward dies and wills 60% of his stock to his living grandchildren (currently 10% each to A.J. Quartermaine, Skye Chandler-Quartermaine, Dillon Quartermaine, Ned Quartermaine, Jason Morgan [even though he was missing and presumed dead at the time]); 30% to his living great-grandchildren (currently 5% each to Michael Corinthos, Lila Rae Alcazar, Brook Lynn Quartermaine, Maya Ward [her mother Faith was never mentioned as to whether she inherited or is deceased], Danny Morgan and Kiki Jerome [initially thought to be a biological Quartermaine, then proven otherwise]); and 5% each to Edward's daughter-in-law Monica Quartermaine and the long-time Quartermaine maid Alice Gunderson. Edward's daughter Tracy Quartermaine does not inherit any stock, only the last jar of her mother Lila's Pickle-Lila relish, and Tracy mentions that Edward's son Jimmy Lee Holt had been written out of their father's will years before.

A.J. wants to be CEO of the company. He has voting support from Michael, Skye, Lila Rae and Monica. Tracy has voting support from Dillon, Ned, Brook Lynn, Maya and Alice. Both sides are tied at 41%, initially making Sam McCall the deciding factor. She has controlling interest in Jason's and Danny's shares. She decides to split her shares to make both sides at 50%. To break the tie, secondary common shareholders (initially non-voting) have the deciding vote. It turns out that Lucy Coe, former daughter-in-law of Edward, has 1% that Edward didn't get back before he passed away. After Tracy agrees to the terms to underwrite The Nurses' Ball, lets Lucy move in to the Quartermaine Mansion and makes Lucy co-CEO of ELQ with her, Lucy gives her support to Tracy. (1-10-13)

Soon after becoming co-CEO, Lucy has a psychotic break and is confined to Ferncliff Asylum after attacking police detective John McBain believing that he is vampire Caleb Morley. A.J. and Michael then obtain proof that Tracy had funneled mob money from her deceased husband Gino Soleito through ELQ, and blackmail her into resigning and naming A.J. CEO.

The government seizes the assets of ELQ, and this prompts A.J. and Tracy to fight for control. Tracy then remembers that she inherited her mother's Pickle-Lila relish, which gives her the idea to save the company by marketing the relish for sale again. Meanwhile, A.J., Michael and the newly-hired Duke Lavery have the same idea, and both sides scramble to find the recipe to the relish before the other. A.J. has GH lab tech Ellie Trout identify the ingredients for the recipe, and Tracy steals the recipe. She gives orders to mass produce the relish so that she can revitalize the company and vote A.J. out as the CEO with the assistance of the mystery Quartermaine heir.

While talking to his ex-wife Carly Jacks, A.J. suspects that she possibly knows about another Quartermaine heir due to her reaction when he mentions that they know all the heirs. Carly, however, won't give him any information. A.J.'s cousin Ned was listening in, and tells his mother Tracy about this.

Tracy decides to try to go through with the takeover and summons a shareholder's meeting due to her majority of shareholders. Diane Miller presides over the shareholders meeting and helps with the online voting for shareholders not present (like Ned, Dillon, Maya, etc). The vote is taken and it's revealed that A.J. Quartermaine as of now retains his position as CEO with the 52.5%/47.5% (with a 5% shareholder flipping over to A.J.'s side). Alice Gunderson, a 5% shareholder, flipped over to A.J.'s side.  A.J. makes Alice a "honorary Vice President and head of security" then kicks Tracy out of his boardroom.

Edward's living great-grandchildren are back to having 6% each, instead of 5%. The new percentages add up to a 50-50 tie between A.J. and Tracy. Tracy then goes to Lucy to secure her 1% of the non-voting stock, which she needs to be the tie breaker. Lucy gives Tracy her 1% and breaks the tie.

In 2014, Tracy once again became CEO and A.J. went back to drinking, soon becoming a prime suspect in Connie Falconeri's murder. After A.J. was murdered by Sonny Corinthos, Fluke started taking an interest in ELQ wanting to use it to fund his drug operation. When Fluke wanted to marry Tracy to gain control of ELQ, Ned Quartermaine became suspicious because of Luke's pass misdeeds. Ned gained even more suspicion when he and Michael discovered Fluke was making passes at Kiki Jerome. Fluke succeeded in marrying Tracy forcing Ned and Michael to quickly convince the other stock holders to remove Tracy as CEO. Not wanting the position to leave the family Michael stepped in and Tracy vowed revenge.

While acting as CEO, Michael hired his brother Morgan Corinthos to oversee ELQ's waterfront restoration project. According to Michael, ELQ had been working with the community to revitalize the area, building new high rises and restoring homes such as The Brownstone.

In 2015, Nikolas Cassadine stole ELQ stock and became the CEO. However, in 2016, Drew Cain (believed to be Jason Morgan) became the majority share holder (controlled 50.5%) after blackmailing Nikolas. He then decided to give Michael back the company and then he gave the rest of the shares back to the original owners as Edwards will stated.

In 2020, Valentin Cassadine (Nikolas' uncle) became the CEO after he took over 50% of ELQ's shares. As a savvy businessman, he had taken Cassadine Industries from the brink of insolvency and turned into a highly profitable and legitimate business. He promised to do the same for ELQ, increasing stability, profit margin, and make all shareholders much, much richer. He had bought out the shares of Brook Lynn, Oscar, Skye, Lila, Maya, and the proxy control over the shares of Danny and Scout. Lucy voted her 1% tie breaking share with Valentin, as he is also the financier of her cosmetics company. With controlling shares, Valentin directs the company to no longer fund GH, after mismanagement and Nelle's lawsuit.

In August at the Nurses' Ball, Valentin, tells Michael he is very impressed with his work on developing various green technologies. He offers Michael the position of VP of Green Initiatives, which Michael turns down.

On July 13, with the help of Scott Baldwin, Austin barged into the ELQ meeting to replace Valentin as CEO, revealing that he is a Quartermaine as his full name is Austin Gatlin-Holt, making him the son of Jimmy Lee Holt and Charity Gatlin and thus the grandson of Edward Quartermaine. He wants to challenge Edward's will, which stated that Jimmy Lee and his descendants are not entitled to any ELQ shares. In August, a letter is found in Edward's former private office, in which he states that he wanted to make it up to Jimmy-Lee, by putting him and his descendants back into his will. The letter was given to Austin and Scott, and its legality is to be determined. After months of rivalry between Austin and Brook Lynn and Olivia, he decides to give up his claim to ELQ as his birthright. Brook Lynn lied to GH and filed a complaint that he violated HIPAA, causing him to be suspended. Austin realized he doesn't want anything to do with the dirty dealings and machinations of his paternal family, that he would rather help his patients. He signs a legal document to that effect for a gleeful Brook Lynn. He later wipes the smirk off her face by promising that he's not done.
## Personnel

* Current Staff
* Stockholders
* CEOs of ELQ
* Other Personnel

Michael Corinthos (CEO; 2021-present)

In the stock exchange, ELQ deals in volatile non-qualified rate of return on short sale stocks.

With the birth of Valentin/Brook Lynn's baby, Valentin has signed over majority voting rights back to the Quartermaine family - it is unknown how those votes will be allocated.
* Lucy Coe - Voting stockholder
* Michael Corinthos - Voting stockholder
* Alice Gunderson - Voting stockholder
* Jason Morgan - Voting stockholder
* Dillon Quartermaine - Voting stockholder
* Monica Quartermaine - Voting stockholder
* Ned Ashton - Voting stockholder
* Tracy Quartermaine - Voting stockholder
* Alan Quartermaine - Voting stockholder
* Jimmy Lee Holt - Voting stockholder
* Justus Ward - Voting stockholder
* Faith Ward - Voting stockholder
* Skye Quartermaine - Voting stockholder
* A.J. Quartermaine - Voting stockholder
* Emily Quartermaine - Voting stockholder
* Drew Cain - Voting stockholder
* Lilian Quartermaine - Voting stockholder
* Maya Ward - Voting stockholder
* Jake Spencer - Voting stockholder
* Danny Morgan - Voting stockholder
* Nicole Morgan Benson - Voting stockholder
* Julianna Matthews - Voting stockholder
* Jonathan Morgan - Voting stockholder
* Emily Morgan - Voting stockholder
* Oscar Nero - Voting stockholder
* Lila Rae Alcazar - Voting stockholder
* Audrey Jacks - Voting stockholder
* Andy Smith - Voting stockholder
* Brook Lynn Ashton - Voting stockholder
* Candice Maria Quartermaine - Voting stockholder
* Dylan Quartermaine - Voting stockholder
* Cassie Lynn Quartermaine - Voting stockholder (not in control)
* Noah Spencer - Voting stockholder (not in control)
* Lily Quartermaine - Voting stockholder (not in control)
* James Quartermaine - Voting stockholder (not in control)
* Teddy Corinthos - Voting stockholder (not in control)
* Jonah Corinthos - Voting stockholder (not in control)
* Joseph Benson - Voting stockholder (not in control)
* Jackson Matthews - Voting stockholder (not in control)
* Mia Morgan - Voting stockholder (not in control)
* Mason Morgan - Voting stockholder (not in control)
* Gianna Morgan - Voting stockholder (not in control)
* Mariah Quartermaine - Voting stockholder (not in control)
* Andrew Webber - Voting stockholder (not in control)
* Tony Ashton Jones - Voting stockholder (not in control)
* Bailey Lois Quartermaine - Voting stockholder (not in control)

***Bold** typeface represents the current CEO*
* Edward Quartermaine (1978-1989)
* Alan Quartermaine (1989-1990)
* Ned Quartermaine (1990-1991)
* Paul Hornsby (1991)
* Ned Quartermaine (1991-1996)
* Edward Quartermaine (1996)
* Ned Quartermaine (1996-1999)
* A.J. Quartermaine (1999-2000)
* Edward Quartermaine (2000-2001)
* Skye Chandler-Quartermaine (2001-2002)
* Co-CEO Edward Quartermaine (2002)
* Co-CEO Skye Chandler-Quartermaine (2002)
* Edward Quartermaine (2002)
* Ned Quartermaine (2002-2003)
* A.J. Quartermaine (2003)
* Ned Quartermaine (2003-2004)
* Edward Quartermaine (2004)
* Tracy Quartermaine (2004-2005)
* Lorenzo Alcazar (2005)
* Tracy Quartermaine (2005-2013)
* Co-CEO Tracy Quartermaine (2013)
* Co-CEO Lucy Coe (2013)
* A.J. Quartermaine (2013)
* Tracy Quartermaine (2013-2014)
* Michael Corinthos (2014-2015)
* Nikolas Cassadine (2015-2016)
* Michael Corinthos (2016-2020 - on sabbatical)
* Ned Quartermaine (2020 - interim)
* Valentin Cassadine (2020-2021)
* **Michael Corinthos** (2021-present)

*Those that appear in **bold** are current personnel*
* Lorenzo Alcazar - Former stockholder; former CEO
* Lee Baldwin - Former Chief Legal Counsel
* Scott Baldwin - Former stockholder, former Chief Legal Counsel
* Julia Barrett - Former stockholder
* Amanda Barrington - Former board member
* Katherine Bell - Former stockholder
* Asher Caldwell - Former employee
* Helena Cassadine - Former voting stockholder
* Valentin Cassadine - CEO and former voting stockholder
* Skye Chandler-Quartermaine - Former CEO and former board member
* Lucy Coe - Former Co-CEO, non-voting stockholder
* Laura Collins - Former secretary
* **Michael Corinthos** - CEO and former junior executive
* Morgan Corinthos - Former Brownstone renovation manager
* Sonny Corinthos - Former board member, former stockholder
* Alexis Davis - Former Chief Legal Counsel
* Bill Eckert - Former stockholder
* Alice Gunderson - Former honorary Vice President and former security adviser
* Abby Haver - Former executive assistant
* Paul Hornsby - Former CEO
* Jasper "Jax" Jacks - Former stockholder
* Jerry Jacks - Former stockholder
* Ava Jerome - Former director of special projects
* Kiki Jerome - Former stockholder when believed to be a Quartermaine
* Rosalie Martinez - Assistant for Michael Corinthos
* **Sam McCall - Former employee and former controller of Danny Morgan's voting stock**
* A.J. Quartermaine - Former CEO; former employee
* Alan Quartermaine - former CEO
* Alex Quartermaine - Former employee
* Brook Lynn Ashton - Former executive assistant
* Dillon Quartermaine - Former employee
* Edward Quartermaine - Founder, former controlling shareholder, former owner, former Chairman of the Board, former CEO
* Lila Quartermaine - Former stockholder
* **Ned Quartermaine - Interim CEO**
* **Tracy Quartermaine - Former CEO; board member**
* Luke Spencer - Former employee
* Cheryl Stansbury - Former employee
* Justus Ward - Former board member and former Chief Legal Counsel
* Pascal - Lawyer

## Subsidiaries

* The Bank of ELQ - Bank with a new branch opening up on the former site of The Floating Rib.
* The Brownstone - Combination boarding house, apartment building and family home renovated by the Quartermaines.
* Chloe Morgan Designs - Clothing design company owned by Chloe Morgan, and later after her death by her distant cousin and Edward's wife Lila Quartermaine
* CoeCoe Cosmetics - Cosmetics company owned and founded by former ELQ co-CEO Lucy Coe
* Donely Shipping — Shipping company once owned by Sean Donely
* ELQ Charities
* Jacks Cosmetics — Cosmetics company founded by Jasper Jacks
* L&B Records — Record label founded by Edward's grandson Ned Ashton and his then-wife Lois Cerullo, seized by Edward Quartermaine in 1996. 550 Grayson Street, Studio Lot J-3 (formerly located at 1111 Ocean Ave)
* Lila's Kids Summer Camp — Youth camp established in honor of benefactor Lila Quartermaine
* Port Charles Grill - Restaurant inside the Port Charles Hotel. The new Port Charles Grill is at a different location and not owned by ELQ.
* Port Charles Hotel — Elegant hotel owned by the Quartermaines that burned down in 1993. The Metro Court was built on this site, which ELQ never owned.
* Pickle-Eddie — Inferior pickle relish manufacturer founded by Tracy Quartermaine to compete with Lila.
* Pickle-Lila — Pickle relish manufacturer founded by Lila Quartermaine
* "S.S. Tracy" - Quartermaine chemical boat, sabotaged, exploded, and sank in 1991