Blog Post: List of CEOs on Twitter

Want to follow a CEO on Twitter?  Want to see what's on the minds of chief executives, founders of million dollar startups, and read what they're reading/thinking/doing?  That's why we compiled this list of 15 executives you should follow on Twitter.   Below is a list of actual CEOs using Twitter to better their business.  These are CEOs you might have heard of, and some who you may have not heard of but have some cool things to say.  Without further ado, the list.

1) @jobing Aaron Matos, Founder and CEO of Jobing.com.
Why you should follow: Aaron shares some great insight and articles with a faithful following.  Plus, he's got the coolest background on Twitter.  
2) @kevinrose Kevin Rose, Founder and CEO of Digg.com
Why you should follow: He's got 345,000+ followers...he must be saying something worthwhile.
3) @zappos Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com
Why you should follow: Back to back keynote speaker at #SXSW, Zappos is a social media celebrity company.
4) @techcrunch Michael Arrington, CEO of Techcrunch.com
Why you should follow: The latest news in technology comes from Techcrunch.
5) @SunCEOBlog , CEO of Sun Microsystems
Why you should follow: See how the CEO of Sun communicates with employees, customers, and the world at large.
6) @gcolony, CEO of Forrester Research
Why you shoudl follow: CEO of one of the top research firms in the world.
7) @livestrongceo, CEO of Livestrong Foundation
Why you should follow: The guy runs one of the coolest foundations.
8) @finkd, Mark Zuckerburg, CEO of Facebook
Why you should follow: Um, he founded Facebook?
9) @stevecase, Co-Founder of AOL
Why you should follow: He doesn't have involvement with AOL anymore, but is one smart guy.
10) @richardbranson, Chairman of Virgin Group
Why you should follow: He's entertaining.
11) @biz, Co-Founder of Twitter
Why you should follow: To see what the guy who founded Twitter twitters about.  And to follow that lead.
12) @ev, CEO of Twitter
Why you should follow: Latest news about Twitter.
13) @colneedham, Founder of IMBd
Why you should follow: IMBd has it's own feed, but find out the behind the scenes stuff here.
14) @jailchandra, CEO of Technorati
Why you should follow: Technorati tags are cool.
15) @jeffbooth, CEO of BuildDirect.com
Why you should follow: Because BuildDirect.com could easily be your business.

Brett Farmiloe is the social media manager for Jobing.com.  You can find him @thatpassionguy, and can find some cool career interview videos he and some buddies did on a crazy cross country road trip here: http://phoenix.jobing.com/video/pursuethepassion