Gabe Sullivan is Chloe's father. He used to work at the LuthorCorp plant in Smallville before he was fired by Lionel Luthor. He temporariliy regained a job with the giant company while Lionel caused Chloe to investigate Clark. However, after Chloe ended that tie, Gabe moved to Metropolis to find an occupation there, a situation that works well since his daughter is now attending Metropolis University night classes and has a low-level job for the Daily Planet.