Elon Musk now has the most followers on Twitter – The National

Elon Musk now has the most followers on Twitter – The National

Twitter chief executive Elon Musk has become the most followed person on the social media platform.

Mr Musk, who bought the California-based company for $44 billion last October, had 133,072,571 followers at 11.22am UAE time, overtaking former US president Barack Obama, who had 133,043,280, according to their Twitter profiles.

The world's second-wealthiest person, who is also the chief executive of Tesla, is gaining an average of 100,000 users per day, according to Sawyer Merritt, an investor in the electric car company.