A Japanese billionaire’s tweet has become the most retweeted message in history.
According to the BBC, a tweet sent by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has become the most retweeted tweet ever.
On 5 January 2019, Maezawa, the founder of Japanese online clothing retailer Zozo Inc tweeted that he would share 100m yen between 100 random retweeters.
“To participate, all you have to do is follow me and RT this tweet,” he said. The tweet was in celebration of his website Zozotown making 10bn yen in sales over the Christmas and New Year period. Maezawa has a personal wealth of close to $3bn.
The Japanese entrepreneur’s tweet has since been shared over five million times, beating the Carter Wilkerson’s tweet to Wendy’s asking for a year’s supply of free chicken nuggets. Wilkerson’s tweet has been shared around 3.5 million times, quite short of Wendy’s 18 million criteria for free nuggets.
Maezawa is also known for being the first private passenger to be flown around the Moon by Elon Musk’s company SpaceX when the service launches. Although the price of the ticket remains undisclosed, Musk said it was “a lot of money”.
ZOZOTOWN新春セールが史上最速で取扱高100億円を先ほど突破！！日頃の感謝を込め、僕個人から100名様に100万円【総額1億円のお年玉】を現金でプレゼントします。応募方法は、僕をフォローいただいた上、このツイートをRTするだけ。受付は1/7まで。当選者には僕から直接DMします！ #月に行くならお年玉 pic.twitter.com/cKQfPPbOI3
— Yusaku Maezawa (MZ) 前澤友作 (@yousuck2020) January 5, 2019
HELP ME PLEASE. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS pic.twitter.com/4SrfHmEMo3
— Carter Wilkerson (@carterjwm) April 6, 2017
