David Wallace is a recurring fictional character in the American comedy series
The Office, portrayed by
Andy Buckley. Wallace is introduced in the
second season as the new
chief financial officer of
Dunder Mifflin. Wallace is named after the late
David Foster Wallace, the favorite author of
John Krasinski. His character is established as a wealthy executive at the corporate headquarters in New York with an opulent home and wife, Rachel, and son. Despite his differing lifestyle from the members of the Scranton branch, David tolerates and understands the eccentricities and flaws of Regional Manager
Michael Scott, and appreciates employees
Jim Halpert and
Toby Flenderson. He is let go in the sixth season following the absorption of Dunder Mifflin by Sabre. He later sells his patent for "Suck it" to the US military and later acquires Dunder Mifflin for an undisclosed sum of money and becomes
CEO in the eighth season finale, "
Free Family Portrait Studio".