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.

[2] He was the fifth career employee to lead the world's largest postal system.

[1] On May 31, 2001, Henderson's contract as the United States Postmaster General expired and he stepped down.

[3] In January 2006, Henderson became the chief operations officer at Netflix.