Japanese billionaire’s tweet becomes the most retweeted ever

Japanese billionaire’s tweet becomes the most retweeted ever with more than FOUR MILLION shares after he promised to give £7,000 to 100 randomly selected Twitter users

  • Yusaku Maezawa received four million retweets for his post over the weekend 
  • He offered to share 100m yen (£725,000) between 100 users who shared it
  • His effort smashed the previous record held by US citizen Carter Wilkinson

A Japanese billionaire’s tweet has become the most retweeted of all time after he offered to give away £7,000 to 100 lucky netizens.

Yusaku Maezawa received over four million retweets for his post on January 5, smashing the previous record set by teenager Carter Wilkinson’s appeal for free chicken nuggets.   

Mr Maezawa offered those re-tweeting his post 100m yen (£725,000), shared between 100 randomly selected people who reposted the tweet. 

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa offered a cash reward for those sharing his tweet over the weekend

‘To participate, all you have to do is follow me and RT this tweet,’ Mr Maezawa said in his tweet. 

The post appeared to be in celebration of his website Zozotown making 10bn yen in sales over the Christmas and New Year period.

He is believed to have a net worth of close to $3billion after making his fortune in the fashion world, having previously risen to fame as the drummer in punk band Switch Style.

Wilkinson had held the record since May 2017 after receiving 3.6million retweets when he asked fast food chain Wendy’s how many shares he needed to get a year’s worth of free chicken nuggets. 

The restaurant chain challenged him to get 18million, and despite falling well short of the target, Wilkinson received an outpouring of support from celebrities and other brands.  

Wendy’s eventually announced they would be giving Mr Wilkinson his nuggets, even though he didn’t make their target.  

Mr Maezawa's tweet appeared to be a celebration of his website Zozotown making 10bn yen in sales over Christmas

Mr Maezawa’s tweet appeared to be a celebration of his website Zozotown making 10bn yen in sales over Christmas

The previous record was held by Carter Wilkinson, who tweeted fast food chain Wendy's asking how many retweets he would need for free nuggets

The previous record was held by Carter Wilkinson, who tweeted fast food chain Wendy’s asking how many retweets he would need for free nuggets

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