Microsoft Founder Bill Gates Joins Twitter

Yes It's official, Bill Gates has joined Twitter and is tweeting away. You can follow him at @BillGatesIt's pretty safe to say the account is real, because it has the authentic twitter "verified account tick" , (Here is a quick run down of Twitter's "verified account" and what it means). Twitter employee Caroline Mizumoto @Caroline confirmed this as well.When Bill first joined Twitter a couple of hours ago, he had only 241 followers, but after a few hours passed he when from 241 followers to over One hundred thousand Followers and Three thousand Twitter lists.So who said Twitter's Growth was flat?[Via: TheNextWeb and Mashable who reported this news first]Here is Bill Gates first tweet: