Emily Peterson - Maxwell Hollister

Maxwell Hollister appeared from March 6 to August 27, 2002 as the ex-husband of Lorie Brooks, portrayed by Sam Behrens.

History
In 2002, Victor Newman found out that his ex-wife's, Julia Newman, design company, Martin Designs, was being threatened by a hostile takeover. Victor flew to Illinois, where he met up with Maxwell. Victor wanted Maxwell to buy all of the stock in Martin Designs at an overpriced value. When Maxwell refused to accept Victor's offer, Victor promised to run Hollister out of business as revenge. He planned on setting up a division of Newman Enterprises that would be similar to Julia's company, and he would demolish Maxwell. Thus, Max was forced to sign the purchase agreement, even though he obviously did not want to. He then went on to seek revenge on Victor by contacting his former lover, Leanna Love. Maxwell appeared on Leanna's TV show, where he revealed that Victor has been visiting his ex-wives, which put his wife at the time, Nikki Newman in doubt over their recent reconciliation.

Victor told Nikki what was really going on, while Max admitted to Victor that he was the one causing him trouble. Leanna decided to drop the story, so Max found himself without a tool to use against Victor. When his estranged wife, Lorie Brooks, came to town to get her divorce from Maxwell, he found out that she was also once Victor's lover, and he asked her to join him in his revenge plot. Lorie fought with Nikki, who warned her to stay away from Victor. Maxwell and Lorie tried to break up Nikki and Victor, but Lorie felt ashamed of what she had done. When Maxwell set up a camera in Victor's hotel room, Lorie was ordered to seduce Victor, and the video feed would be shown in the next room, where Maxwell was treating Nikki to lunch. When Victor apologized to Lorie for treating her poorly, she could not turn on the camera. Nikki and Victor eventually found out the truth, and they later married again. Maxwell was last seen ordering flowers for Nikki and Victor's wedding before he left Genoa City.