Jeff Bezos has joined Twitter -- where we can only assume he will spend all his time dealing with Amazon service complaints from customers who want to go straight to the top.
Bezos, who rarely speaks publicly or even grants interviews, is already verified even though this morning marks his first tweet. He's proving to be a natural at the medium. He has already embraced the humblebrag with his first tweet about the successful test flight of a Blue Origin rocket. Bezos founded the space travel company in 2000.
The rarest of beasts - a used rocket. Controlled landing not easy, but done right, can look easy. Check out video: https://t.co/9OypFoxZk3— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) November 24, 2015
He's also, at least as of Tuesday morning, not following anyone else on Twitter.
Bezos joins a group of successful entrepreneurs and businesspeople that have been hesitant to join Twitter or really do much tweeting. Mark Zuckerberg hasn't tweeted since 2012. Tim Cook tweets relatively often. Elon Musk might be the most active of the tech titans.
Speaking of Musk, it didn't take him long to welcome his rival Bezos to Twitter with some A+ shade.
Congrats to Jeff Bezos and the BO team for achieving VTOL on their booster— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2015
Getting to space needs ~Mach 3, but GTO orbit requires ~Mach 30. The energy needed is the square, i.e. 9 units for space and 900 for orbit.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2015