The real Bill Gates is now on Twitter.

The former boss but still  part-time chairman of Microsoft has officially joined Twitter and becoming one of the most popular members.  On his first tweet,  Bill Gates only has 241 followers in three hours and swelled to 150,000 followers after 13 hours.

One of those who officially welcomed was actor Ashton Kutcher – the “unofficial” ambassador of Twitter.

“Thanks to you and all the other people who have welcomed me,” Gates tweeted to Kutcher. “I’ve got a lot to learn about Twitter but look forward to sharing more.”

There have previously been numerous fake accounts and impostors attributed to Bill Gates.  His Twitter account, if you want to follow him, is @BillGates.  According to  Twitter,  @BillGates — is noted as being “verified” and real.

@BlogDeManila is now following Bill Gates too!