EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES: Scott Thompson, CEO of PayPal

All those 5% fees of ours are getting reinvested in male grooming products, dentistry and shopping sprees in sports clothing outfitters.



Every time 1000 people supersize their gallery photos, Scott books another polish & whitening session with his dental hygienist.

EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES: Real Mex Restaurants CEO Richard E Rivera

The moustache. So unpredictable. Often the first place to show signs of grey and any deep-rooted hereditary ginger there may be on your dad's side of the family. But often also the last place to go grey.



Yes, we're jealous of that hairline.

EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES: Tom Beyer, President of Elkay Manufacturing's Cabinet Division

He's growing it as wide and as bushy as possible so that, one day, when medical science has progressed far enough, it can be perfectly transplanted six inches upwards to form a nice fringe.



ADVANCED TIP: Using the flash while standing near a wall creates a superb natural drop-shadow effect, making the photo appear "3D".

EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES: William Bohn, President and CEO of Associated Financial Group

This is a photo of a cheap William Bohn action figure, where costs have been saved by using the same kind of hair for the moustache and eyebrows as for the top of the head.



The Deluxe Limited Edition William Bohn, available in Q1 2010, will be upgraded to feature streaks of grey and ginger in the moustache for added realism. They're so cynical these corporate action figure manufacturers.

EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES: Bruce Blessington, Chairman of the Board, Flight Landata

Meet Bruce. He flew military (Sikorsky UH-34D Seahorse choppers for 16th Combat Aviation) from '67 to '76, then went commercial (Boeing test pilot then internal US flight captain for Pan-Am) from '77 to '90.

Enforced retirement at age 55 made him reappraise his career, so he launched his own aerial photography business with the full backing of his wife, Linda, and his three sons Charles, Henry and Walther.



Lilac handkerchief poking out of left pocket. If we're not very much mistaken, that's code for "Would rather have a nice cup of tea than have to take my trousers off so stop pestering me for blowjobs".



This is Flight Landata CEO Jeffrey Smith, updating a classic CEO pose with an excitingly casual unshaven look.

EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES incorporating Promotional Image of the Weeeeek

WARNING. MAN WITH SHIRT OFF.

But it's OK, he's not exactly in shape. No one's going to think you're browsing gay pornography. They'll just think your dad has posted some personal photos on Facebook of his operation.



It's a defibrillator, in case you're panicking about dying. The one thing we will take away from Idiot Toys when it's all over is that we have learned the correct spelling of defibrillator. Two Ls.

POSITIVELY SHOCKING NEWS! THE WORLDS' FIRST WEARABLE CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATOR

A Cheshire based medical company Dot Medical, is the only UK Company to offer a unique life saving wearable 'vest' that monitors, detects and shocks people having a heart attack. The vest is worn next to the skin in much the same way as an ordinary vest - but this one can save your life!

The Lifevest can be worn by people who are at risk of having a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), who are recovering from a heart attack or who are on waiting lists for lifesaving heart surgery.

The Lifevest also helps to improve patients' quality of life when they are out and about in everyday life, as they can be secure in the knowledge that their hearts are being 'watched over' all the time. This makes it hugely reassuring for both patient's families and medical staff.

For people who previously had to stay in hospital for weeks at a time while waiting for a heart operation, wearing the Lifevest now means that instead, they may be able to return to the comfort of their home and family until they are ready for surgery.

In fact the Lifevest is so effective that to date it has a 98% first shock success rate for treating patients for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). Made by US Company Zoll/Lifecor, the Lifevest has been worn by over 12,000 patients and is so successful that it is now listed alongside implantable defibrillators in guidelines for prevention of sudden cardiac death(1).

Dr Ian Rankin, Managing Director of Dot Medical who provides the LifeVest in the UK said:

'The Lifevest can literally save lives. It allows patients who might otherwise have to stay in hospital, to go home and resume their lives, knowing that they are being carefully monitored. The Lifevest is an excellent alternative or temporary therapy, for people waiting for certain heart operations or who are at risk of a heart attack.'

EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES: Brent McKenzie, Senior Vice President of Pharmacy Benefit Consulting, ARMSRx Pharmacy Benefit Consulting

It's rare to see a moustache greying at the precise same rate as the hair.



It's usually speckled with grey a good ten years prior to the "top hair" turning. Use this power wisely, Brent. Go and have a chat with Stephanie, see if she's got plans for tonight.

EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES: Andrew Hartman, Director, Online Services, PR Newswire

One thing you ought to have learned upon reaching the age of 52 is that if you've got wonky eyes that are 33% too small it's best to stare into the middle-distance past the camera, not directly into the lens.



Thanks to MySpace, Bebo, Facebook and the like, today's kids have all learned how to best angle their faces and smile properly by the age of 13. Awkward corporate photos like this will be a thing of the past 30 years from now. So we MUST continue build this archive.

EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES: Dr Frank Soltis, Vision Solutions Technology advisory board member

Suit expertly selected to match salt & pepper moustache. Edgy urban setting makes us believe Vision Solutions Technology is a forward-thinking company. No tie - fun workplace. Very expensive watch - great pay. Where do we sign up?!



This is what we want to look like when we're older. Although we already have less hair than the follicle-rich Dr Frank.

EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES: Ivo Nelson, Chairman, Encore Health Resources

Quick! Someone put a MacBook on granddad's lap so we can justify how much we spent on updating the company's IT infrastructure and getting the fastest possible broadband last year. Make sure he holds it the right way up.



The lady is Dana Sellers, the Chief Executive Officer of Encore Health Resources. She has a nice grey streak. Imagine how evil she'd look doing an ANGRY FACE.



"I was really sad to hear that Idiot Toys thinks that no one likes EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES. To show my appreciation I've made a widescreen (1360 x 768) wallpaper of Lynn B Fuller, ideal for use on media PCs and HDTVs" - Kenny.

EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES: Michael J Beverage, board member of Yorba Linda Water District

Sent in by a "Jim" and we can only guess at the reason he was rummaging through the Yorba Linda Water District web site (THE GUESS: He lives there and is applying for a low-level admin job).



Timeless, like a colourised version of one of granddad's war photos. Slightly feminine face, mind, which means that moustache might be a "beard" to cover his previous 32-year tortured existence as a lady called Monica.

EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES: Andy Lee, CEO of Sipcam Agro USA, Inc. and ADVAN, LLC

We got our first ginger one! Perhaps we should splinter EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES into EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES and GINGER EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES? We'll have to see how it pans out.

He has a very closely shaved rest-of-face.



This was submitted by reader "Thom". We're not particularly happy about readers submitting EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES, to be honest, as it ruins the fun of the chase for us. Only send them in if it's 100% awesome and in high resolution.

HEROIC MOUSTACHES: Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III, pilot of US Airways Flight 1549

Thanks to many hours spent playing Flight Simulator II on the Commodore Amiga during a spell of unemployment in the 1980s, Chesley was able to ditch a passenger plane on a river without anyone getting their legs mashed up or having their clothes ripped off and their naked bodies dispersed over a ten-mile area.



From some news blog, sent in by a reader called "Jim." We wouldn't expect people with utilitarian, workmanlike names like Jim to spend their days reading gossip blogs, so it was a bit of a surprise.

EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES: Robert H. Wischnowsky, Chief Information Officer of Bank Rhode Island

Step away from the monitor! This man is stunning.



He's matching his tie to his 'tache. Expert styling.

EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES: William J. Casey, Arch Insurance Group Executive Vice President - Northeast Region

Leaning away from the camera, classic sign of insecurity. If you're a shareholder in Arch Insurance Group we'd advise selling ASAP. This buffoon hasn't a clue.



There's a "DEATH FROM ABOVE" tattoo under that suit from his time in Vietnam.

EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES: Stephen R. Rutherford, director of Seismic Ventures, Inc.'s Direct Hydrocarbon Detection Services Division

Mad granddad! Mad granddad who's had a glass of wine with his dinner, even though he's not supposed to with his new medication.



Your girlfriend's going to get a very enthusiastic kiss on the cheek when it's time to go home.



We discovered by accident (an instinctive Ctrl+W in ACDSee32 v2.4) that this makes an absolutely splendid desktop image, so here's a version cropped to a 1680x1050 widescreen ratio. We've left a bit of room either side for you to put your icons on.

EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES: Lynn B. Fuller, chairman, president and CEO of Heartland Financial

Oh boy, have we got an EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES for you today! This is a first - a regular feature that's actually gaining momentum and getting better, rather than fizzling out amid disinterest and reader acrimony.

It's not an exaggeration to say that EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES is the one thing that's keeping us going at the moment. A ray of light. A dove of hope arriving with a sprig of leaf in its beak each Monday. A grey-haired messiah walking among us.



Check that amazingly-preened hair out. A forensic scientist could identify the make and model of comb he used by measuring the distance between those immaculate grooves. This moustache is clearly a compensation growth to counteract having to go through life being called Lynn.

BEARDED EXECUTIVE LOOKALIKES: Philip R. Johnson of the Pacific Coast National Bank, AKA Freddie Mercury

Found this while looking for moustaches. Freddie Mercury didn't die - he changed his name to Philip R. Johnson, grew a beard and took up a position with the Pacific Coast National Bank.



Disappointingly blurry for an official publicity photograph. The ones they didn't send out must've been AWFUL.

EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES: Yasuaki Miura, President of NuFlare Technology

This is a patented Idiot Toys DUAL UPDATE - a new instalment of EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES combined with the latest in short-running series Possible Sightings of Carl Zeiss.



If only we knew what terribly poor camera was used to take this shot we could've pulled off a triple.



OK, so at Week Four we've already run out of good moustaches. We were hoping to make it to at least Week Ten before resorting to bumfluff/stubble that might even be a simple trick of the light or a hurried error during that morning's shave. Asian males and facial hair are not comfortable bedfellows.

EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES: Intel's Eric Mentzer, general manager of the chipset and graphic development group

It's Monday! It's Idiot Toys! This can only mean we've spent the entire weekend trawling the internet for photos of men with moustaches and it is therefore time for... EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES!



Eric here is boasting a classic 'Mr Potato Head' moustache. And a classic 'Mr Potato Head' face and a classic 'Mr Potato Head' head. He has one of those rare faces that gets funnier the more you look at it.



And here's the first spin-off, even though it's probably way too soon in this feature's life to start subverting it - EXECUTIVE EYEBROWS, featuring Intel's Stephen Smith.

Incidentally, as you might've just gathered, the Intel press room is so full of hi-res joy we don't know where to start. There's a 74.9MB TIFF of some "lifestyle" photography downloading as we type that we probably won't even use, for example.



If you could all spend 30 minutes trawling through the Intel site and picking out any fine examples today, it'd be a great help.

EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES: James Liptak of the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS

It's Executive Moustaches! The trend that's SWEEPING the bit of desk we sit at. Honestly, this bit of desk hasn't been this excited about something on the internet since that John Craven sex tape leaked in 2004.

We shouldn't really do this first thing on a Monday, as now we'll have to wait a whole week until we can do another one :(



Nice work, James. A very finely-trimmed base to keep it away from the lips and mouth hole. We also suspect James was a character actor in the 1960s, or at the very least appeared in one episode of TJ Hooker as a homeless man. Here's who he has to beat.

EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES: Charles W. Fischer of Nova Chemicals

We've had an idea for a new thing to do! This one's got legs. We shall scour the press sites of the world for hi-res photos of American businessmen with moustaches. They all have moustaches out there, thanks to the moustache still being seen as a symbol of macho status in the US - rather than a symbol of where you like the cocks to go in.



That's Charles W. Fischer of Nova Chemicals, running with a superb walrus-inspired piece that must've taken well over six months of meticulous grooming. Congratulations, Charles!