Musk surpasses Obama in follower count

The SpaceX and Tesla chief has risen to the top spot several months after purchasing Twitter in a multi-billion dollar deal

Twitter's owner and chief executive Elon Musk usurped former US president Barack Obama as the most-followed person on the social media platform when he reached approximately 133.08 million followers on Thursday.

Musk's total narrowly places him in front of Obama, who h