CEOs Who Use Twitter: Tweets from the Chiefs – BusinessWeek: Tweets from the Chiefs
In August 2008 we (BusinessWeek) reported on 18 chief executives who use the microblogging application Twitter to clue customers in on new services, help them with questions about their products, and generally get a little bit personal with customers, business associates, and the public.
Not even a year later, we bring you nearly 50 CEOs who find tweeting a personal and professional delight…
So read on to learn how Virgin Group’s Richard Branson, Zappos.com’s Tony Hsieh, and dozens more CEOs harness the simple powers of Twitter.
(via: BusinessWeek)
For benefits of my time-starved colleagues, I’ve listed down who they are. For further reading, their bios, why and what they use Twitter, click the link above or here.
- Richard Branson, Virgin Group Chairman
- Guy Kawasaki, Alltop CEO
- Oren Michels, Mashery CEO
- Phil Libin, Evernote CEO
- Pete Cashmore, Mashable CEO
- George Colony, Forrester Research CEO
- Gary Stockman, Porter Novelli CEO
- Rob Howard, Telligent CEO
- Tod Sacerdoti, BrightRoll CEO
- Richard Rosenblatt, On Demand Media CEO
- John Battelle, Federated Media CEO
- Jeff Booth, BuildDirect President and CEO
- Mark Cuban, HDNet Chairman
- Bob Parsons, Go Daddy Group CEO and Founder
- Ian Schafer, Deep Focus CEO
- Mike Ferrari, SmartyPig Co-founder
- Aaron Patzer, Mint.com CEO
- Timothy Young, Socialcast CEO
- Alex Yoder, WebTrends CEO
- Edwin Ong, CastTV CEO
- Avner Ronen, Boxee CEO
- Diane Hessan, Communispace CEO
- Jeremy Allaire, Brightcove CEO
- Jason Alba, JibberJobber CEO
- Jacqueline Novogratz, Acumen Fund CEO
- J’Amy Stewart, Infonetics CEO
- Tom Bedecarre, AKQA CEO
- Marcel LeBrun, Radian6 CEO
- Jay Adelson, Digg CEO
- Peter Bordes, MediaTrust CEO
- Kevin Rose, Digg Founder
- Tony Hsieh, Zappos.com CEO
- Jason Calacanis, Mahalo.com Founder
- Michael Arrington, TechCrunch.com Co-editor
- Loic Lemeur, Seesmic Founder
- Tim O’Reilly, O’Reilly Media CEO
- Jack Dorsey, Twitter Chairman
- David Sifry, Technorati Chairman
- Christine Perkett, PerkettPR President
- Michael Hyatt, Thomas Nelson Publishers CEO
- Jeff Bonforte, Xobni CEO
- Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems CEO
- Shafqat Islam, NewsCred Chief Executive
- Barry Libert, Mzinga CEO and Chairman
- Eugene Lee, Socialtext CEO
- Kel Kelly, Kel & Partners CEO
- Lois Paul, Principal of Lois Paul & Partners
- John Lilly, Mozilla.com CEO
Without a doubt, there are more out there. And I want to archive them all. So please feel free to comment in with names of those not in the list already.