Elon Musk Surpasses Major Twitter MilestoneThe billionaire reached the major benchmark despite not Tweeting for more than a week.

ByEmily Rella

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Even when he's being uncharacteristically quiet, Elon Musk still manages to hit major milestones on Twitter.

The billionaire, who is currently in the midst of abid to purchasethe company for an estimated $44 billion, has finally surpassed 100 million followers on Twitter.

As of mid-Wednesday, Musk had around 100.2 million followers on the platform, despite having not Tweeted in over a week.

His lastTweet was onJune 21, when, in typical cheeky Musk fashion, he posted a (presumably) photoshopped photo of a 7-Eleven gas station with the gas and diesel prices listed at $7.11.

尽管麝香有一亿个追随者,it is unclear how many are actually bots, something he has been vehemently against since he began his acquisition process earlier this year.

"I've also vowed this publicly that we have to get rid of the bots and trolls and the scams and everything, because that's obviously diminishing the user experience, and we don't want people getting tricked out of their money and that kind of thing,"Musk saidduring an interview at the Met Gala last month. "I'm definitely on the warpath, so if somebody's operating a bot or troll on me then I'm definitely their enemy."

The Tesla CEO has gone so far as tothreaten to call offhis bid for the purchase of the company after accusing Twitter execs (namely Twitter's CEO Parag Agrawal) of not providing accurate information as to how many accounts on the platform are bots or spam accounts, though Agrawal hasclaimed the numberis less than 5% of total users.

Currently, the most followed person on Twitter is former U.S. President Barack Obama,who has132.1 million followers on the platform.

Twitterwas downaround 31% year over year as of Wednesday afternoon.

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Emily Rella

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Emily Rella is a Senior News Writer at Entrepreneur.com. Previously, she was an editor at Verizon Media. Her coverage spans features, business, lifestyle, tech, entertainment, and lifestyle. She is a 2015 graduate of Boston College and a Ridgefield, CT native. Find her on Twitter at @EmilyKRella.

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