his character is a wealthy executive at the corporate headquarters in new york. he is seen as supportive of regional manager michael scott, jim halpert and toby flenderson. he is let go in the sixth season. he later sells his patent for a toy vacuum, called "suck it," to the u.s. military for $20 million and later buys dunder mifflin and becomes ceo in the eighth-season finale, "free family portrait studio".