Henry J. Waternoose

Henry J. Waternoose III, also known as Mr. Waternoose or simply Waternoose, is one of the main antagonists in Monsters, Inc..

Monsters, Inc.
Waternoose was the CEO of scaring company, Monsters, Inc. He is one of three owners, all cast down from lineage. He inherited the factory from his father when he was 142 years old, and turned it into the modern energy factory that appears at the beginning at the movie. Sulley, being the company's biggest "producer" and Waternoose's protegé, is asked to come down to the scare training room and show the new employees how scaring should be done. Waternoose is behind a plot to increase the dwindling scare production along with Randall, the company's second-biggest producer and a less-than-savory fellow worker.

When Waternoose finally figures out that Sulley and his teammate and pal Mike Wazowski have the child, Waternoose is recorded and played back to analyze the trainee's performance. With this incriminating evidence, Waternoose is taken away by the Child Detection Agency (CDA).

As he is being dragged away, Waternoose angrily blames Sullivan for 'destroying' the company, saying that the energy crisis will go worse due to that, but this eventually proves to be wrong, as Sulley himself becomes the new CEO of the company, having all the monsters to make children laugh, which of course generates more power than screams, thus ending the crisis for good.

Trivia

 * Henry J. Waternoose was the last animated character voiced by James Coburn before the actor's death.