Japanese Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa Has the Most Retweeted Tweet After Promising Free Money

Zozotown founder and Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa set the record for the most retweeted tweet in the history of Twitter. The upcoming SpaceX Big Falcon Rocket moon traveler promised 100 randomly selected users one million yen ($9,250 USD) to whoever followed and retweeted the tweet.

The social media post included a picture of a New Year’s gift card with visuals that jokingly referenced E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and his impending space escapade involving Elon Musk. The tweet currently holds over five million retweets and is only rivaled by the previous Twitter record holder, Carter Wilkerson’s tweet, which was about getting free Wendy’s chicken nuggets.

In other tech news, Elon Musk recently teased SpaceX’s starship test vehicle.

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