Feo Zorzi

A wealthy businessman who acquired the rights to the creation of the Automatons and is referred to as their inventor despite not actually inventing them. When the first Automaton, Vaati, gained sentience, Zorzi fought many legal battles in an attempt to keep them as property and when that failed, he fought other battles to either make them pay for their creation (which he lost) or to sue Vaati for making more without his permission (which he won).