Photographs: B Mathur/Reuters
Within 10 minutes of signing up on Twitter on Wednesday, 10,000 were following Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Warren Buffett and three hours later the numbers were climbing past 140,000.
His first tweet, under @WarrenBuffett, was "Warren is in the house".
He is not the only businessman on Twitter.
Let's first take a look at Indian tycoons using the microblogging service.
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20 business tycoons on Twitter
Image: Vijay Mallya.Photographs: Ahmad Masood/Reuters
Vijay Mallya
Company: Chairman, UB Group
Twitter followers (as of May, 2013): 1,846,523
Active: Yes
Twitter status: Verified
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20 business tycoons on Twitter
Image: Anand Mahindra.Photographs: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
Anand Mahindra
Company: Chairman and Managing Director, Mahindra & Mahindra
Twitter followers (as of May, 2013): 781,716
Active: Yes
Twitter status: Verified
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20 business tycoons on Twitter
Image: Ratan Tata.Photographs: Amit Dave/Reuters
Ratan Tata
Company: Former chairman, Tata Group
Twitter followers (as of May, 2013): 574,461
Active: Yes
Twitter status: Verified
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20 business tycoons on Twitter
Image: Naveen Jindal with Bolivia's President Evo Morales in La Paz, Bolivia.Photographs: Jose Luis Quintana/Reuters
Naveen Jindal
Company: Chairman, Jindal Steel & Power
Twitter followers (as of May, 2013): 65,219
Active: Yes
Twitter status: Verified
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20 business tycoons on Twitter
Image: Kiran Mazumdar Shaw.Photographs: Bazuki Muhammad/Reuters
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
Company: Chairman and Managing Director, Biocon
Twitter followers (as of May, 2013): 48,748
Active: Yes
Twitter status: Verified
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20 business tycoons on Twitter
Image: Anil Ambani.Photographs: Bazuki Muhammad/Reuters
Anil Ambani
Company: Chairman, Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
Twitter followers (as of May, 2013): 18,945
Active: No
Twitter status: Unverified
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20 business tycoons on Twitter
Image: Sunil Bharti Mittal.Photographs: Philippe Wojazer/Reuters
Sunil Bharti Mittal
Company: Chairman and Group CEO, Bharti Enterprises
Twitter followers (as of May, 2013): 1,944
Active: No
Twitter status: Unverified
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20 business tycoons on Twitter
Image: Uday Kotak with former US Treasury Secretary John Snow in Mumbai.Photographs: Adeel Halim/Reuters
Uday Kotak
Company: Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Bank
Twitter followers (as of May, 2013): 707
Active: No
Twitter status: Unverified
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20 business tycoons on Twitter
Image: Kalanithi Maran.Photographs: Source: sun.in
Kalanithi Maran
Company: Chairman and Managing Director, Sun Group
Twitter followers (as of May, 2013): 145
Active: No
Twitter status: Unverified
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20 business tycoons on Twitter
Image: Bill Gates.Photographs: Gus Ruelas/Reuters
Bill Gates
Company: Former CEO and current chairman, Microsoft
Twitter followers (as of May, 2013): 11,128,855
Active: Yes
Twitter status: Verified
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20 business tycoons on Twitter
Image: Eric Schmidt.Photographs: Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters
Eric Schmidt
Company: Executive Chairman, Google
Twitter followers (as of May, 2013): 608,102
Active: Yes
Twitter status: Verified
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20 business tycoons on Twitter
Image: Michael Bloomberg.Photographs: Richard Drew/Pool/Reuters
Michael Bloomberg
Company: Founder, Bloomberg
Twitter followers (as of May, 2013): 482,901
Active: Yes
Twitter status: Verified
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20 business tycoons on Twitter
Image: Warren Buffett.Photographs: Jim Urquhart/Reuters
Warren Buffett
Company: Chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
Twitter followers (as of May, 2013): 252,723
Active: Yes
Twitter status: Verified
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20 business tycoons on Twitter
Image: Paul Allen.Photographs: Robert Sorbo/Reuters
Paul Allen
Company: Co-founder, Microsoft
Twitter followers (as of May, 2013): 76,299
Active: Yes
Twitter status: Verified
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20 business tycoons on Twitter
Image: Michael Dell.Photographs: Lucas Jackson/Reuters
Michael Dell
Company: Founder and CEO, Dell Inc
Twitter followers (as of May, 2013): 65,064
Active: Yes
Twitter status: Verified
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20 business tycoons on Twitter
Image: Larry Ellison.Photographs: Stephen Lam/Reuters
Larry Ellison
Company: Co-founder and CEO, Oracle Corporation
Twitter followers (as of May, 2013): 36,895
Active: No
Twitter status: Verified
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20 business tycoons on Twitter
Image: Carlos Slim Helu.Photographs: Valentin Flauraud/Reuters
Carlos Slim Helu
Company: Chairman & CEO, Telmex, America Movil, Samsung Mexico and Grupo Carso
Twitter followers (as of May, 2013): 231,150
Active: No
Twitter status: Verified
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20 business tycoons on Twitter
Image: Sergey Brin.Photographs: Robert Galbraith/Reuters
Sergey Brin
Company: Co-founder, Google
Twitter followers (as of May, 2013): 12,025
Active: No
Twitter status: Verified
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20 business tycoons on Twitter
Image: Amancio Ortega with Spain's Princess Letizia in Coruna, northern Spain.Photographs: Miguel Vidal/Reuters
Amancio Ortega
Company: Founding Chairman, Inditex, a Spanish fashion group that owns Zara
Twitter followers (as of May, 2013): 5,972
Active: No
Twitter status: Verified
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20 business tycoons on Twitter
Image: Li Ka-shing.Photographs: Bobby Yip/Reuters
Li Ka-shing
Company: Chairman, Hutchison Whampoa Limited and Cheung Kong Holdings
Twitter followers (as of May, 2013): 1,082
Active: No
Twitter status: Verified
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