The tweet promising a cut of a big cash prize has knocked chicken nugget boy off the top spot.
A Japanese billionaire has clocked up the most retweets ever after promising to give away over €800,000.
Yusaku Maezawa. Image Credit: yusaku2020/InstagramYusaku Maezawa posted the tweet on January 5th, which has now been retweeted over 5 million times.
The founder of Zozotown, Japan's largest retailer, said he's going to split 100 million yen with 100 random people who retweeted his tweet.
His generous offer comes after Zozotown's New Year sale was its biggest ever, making 10 billion yen.
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) 5 January 2019
Maezawa made headlines last year when Elon Musk announced that he was the first person he was sending to the Moon.
The fashion tycoon's tweet has now beaten previous top spot holder Carter Wilkerson.
The teenager's campaign to get free chicken nuggets from Wendy's in 2017 was retweeted 3.5 million times.
HELP ME PLEASE. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS pic.twitter.com/4SrfHmEMo3
— Carter Wilkerson (@carterjwm) 6 April 2017
