Elon Musk and the Power of a Tweet

SpaceX founder and former Tesla CEO Elon Musk holds quite an internet following, with over sixty five million followers on Twitter. As the thirteenth most followed person on Twitter, Musk has become a prominent and powerful user and uses his account for free, unfiltered self expression. This visualization explores Musk's ability to move markets through his tweets in hopes to draw attention to the way that the wealthy elite are using Twitter to exert their power.