Harold is a hacker, billionaire and genius who everyone thinks is dead. He had a friend named Nathan Ingram, who was killed by a CIA project with a bomb plot for opposing a project. He had a fiancee named Grace Hendricks, who also thinks Finch is dead! Because he faked his death, he has a spinal cord injury and can barely walk. Harold has created a powerful artificial intelligence called (Machine) that can detect and stop crimes and murders before they happen. Harold Finch is a lover of green tea and a chess master, and has a large library full of manuscripts and old books.