Record For Most Retweets Broken By Japanese Billionaire

A tweet from Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has just made history for breaking the record for the most retweets ever. Compiled on January 5, the tweet has been shared more than 4 million times. Maezawa has dethroned previous record holder Carter Wilkinson who gained more than 3.5 million retweets after a cry for help to get a year of chicken nuggets from fast food chain Wendy's. Wilkinson's tweet was in all caps and read: "HELP ME PLEASE. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS."

Maezawa is the founder of Japanese online clothing retailer Zozo Inc and he promised to share 100 million yen ($925,000) randomly between 100 random people who shared the tweet. Other notable tweets on the all-time list of retweets includes Ellen DeGeneres' famous Oscar selfie and Louis Tomlinson’s declaration of his love for Harry Styles.