The 10 First Tweets of the Biggest Minds in Business

Whether you’re a student hunting down internships, or a small business working to obtain more customers, an online brand is key for managing your reputation and appeal. We continuously stress to students how important it is to trademark your online presence, and to keep in mind that even your first tweets can be searched and analyzed by employers!

In honor of Twitter’s 8th birthday, we compiled a list of the first tweets ever tweeted by the biggest minds in business, fashion, and technology. See how these moguls first began using social media and how they made their debut on Twitter.

Creator of Harry Potter

I am told that people have been twittering on my behalf, so I thought a brief visit was in order just to prevent any more confusion!

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) September 17, 2009

American Software Developer

eat ideas flying around. — Dave Winer ☮ (@davewiner) August 5, 2006

Microsoft Co- Founder

“Hello World.” Hard at work on my foundation letter – publishing on 1/25. — Bill Gates (@BillGates) January 19, 2010

Twitter Co-Founder

just setting up my twttr — Jack Dorsey (@jack) March 21, 2006

CEO and Co-Founder of HubSpot

I chatted a bit with Jeff Taylor of Monster.com fame at Banq last pm. He’s a very nice guy. — Brian Halligan (@bhalligan) June 15, 2008

CEO of Apple Inc.

Visited Retail Stores in Palo Alto today. Seeing so many happy customers reminds us of why we do what we do. — Tim Cook (@tim_cook) September 20, 2013

Chairman and CEO of News Corporation (News Corps.)

Have just. Read The Rational Optimist. Great book. — Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) December 31, 2011

American Fashion Designer

hey everyone. its marc.

— Marc Jacobs (@marcjacobs) December 14, 2010

Founder of Virgin Group

All of us at Virgin are doing our best to help out with the Australia floods relief http://ow.ly/3DLZH follow @VirginUnite & @VirginBlue

— Richard Branson (@richardbranson) January 14, 2011

Intuit’s President and Chief Executive Officer

Small biz hiring up first time in 4 years http://t.co/M4yWXF2rtz

— Brad Smith (@IntuitBrad) December 4, 2013

Comment below with the most interesting first tweet you read today!