Buffett joins Twitter, gains 140,000 followers in 3 hours

 The "Sage of Omaha" could become one of Twitter's most followed. Users are flocking to follow him. Within ten minutes of signing up, 10,000 were following him and three hours later the numbers were climbing past 140,000, a BBC news report said.

His first tweet, under @WarrenBuffett, was "Warren is in the house". Mr Buffett, chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, is famous for shunning new technology.

Despite the surge of followers, Mr Buffett has not been active in seeking people to follow, with his page showing he was following no-one after three hours. 

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