Roger Enright starts off as a coal miner but ends up making millions in the oil industry. He wants to build some apartments, and looks for months without finding the right architect for the job. He finally discovers some of Roark’s previous work and hires him within minutes of interviewing him. Roark establishes himself as a major architect in New York by landing the contract for the Enright House. Enright is very pleased with his choice, and he is delighted when the building is completed. When Dominique Francon attacks Roark’s work in her column in the Banner, Enright takes her to see the apartments to try and convince her of Roark’s talent. At the end of the novel, Enright buys the land that the Cortlandt housing project stood on and hires Roark as the architect to rebuild it. Enright, like Roark, is an independent thinker, and he remains a champion of Roark’s work.