| William Henderson | |
| Office: | 71st United States Postmaster General |
| President: | Bill Clinton George W. Bush |
| Term Start: | May 16, 1998 |
| Term End: | May 31, 2001 |
| Predecessor: | Marvin Travis Runyon |
| Successor: | John E. Potter |
| Birth Date: | 16 June 1947 |
| Education: | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BS) |
William J. Henderson (born June 16, 1947) served as the United States Postmaster General from 1998 to 2001.
Henderson graduated with a degree in industrial relations from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Henderson served in the U.S. Army.
After many years of rising through the ranks of the United States Postal Service, Henderson was appointed as the United States Postmaster General by the Governors of the U.S. Postal Service, effective May 16, 1998.[1] He was the fifth career employee to lead the world's largest postal system. On May 31, 2001, Henderson's contract as the United States Postmaster General expired and he stepped down.[2]
In January 2006, Henderson became the chief operations officer at Netflix.[3] [4]
Henderson is a director of LiveRamp. His total 2010 remuneration for this role was $100,000.[5]
In 2011, Henderson founded Hold The Eye Images, Inc.[6]
Henderson enjoys photography.[8]