Today, Sir Richard Branson set a new record at LinkedIn, becoming the first LinkedIn Influencer to cross the 1 million follower mark. Branson, the founder of Virgin, was one of the charter contributors in Influencer, a program we launched six weeks ago that gives a select group of thought leaders the ability to write long-form content on LinkedIn and have their words and sharing activity be followed by our 187 million members. Read more: http://blog.linkedin.com/2012/11/30/richard-branson-million-follower-man

1. Sir Richard Branson, 1 Million Followers, and More
November 30, 2012

2. Sir Richard Branson: 1st to Surpass 1 Million
Followers on LinkedIn

3. His Top Shared and Commented Post
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4. Who are his 1 Million Followers?
Top Ten Industries
1. IT and Services
2. Marketing and Advertising
Top Ten Countries 3. Financial Services
4. Management Consulting
1. US 5. Computer Software
2. UK 6. Defense & Space Top Ten Job Functions
3. Canada 7. Real Estate
4. Australia 8. Telecommunications 1. Entrepreneur
5. India 9. Construction 2. Sales
6. Netherlands 10. Internet 3. Operations
7. China 4. Consulting
8. Brazil 5. Marketing
9. New Zealand 6. Media and Communications
10. Italy 7. Information Technology
8. Engineering
9. Arts and Design
10. HR

5. LinkedIn Influencers by the Numbers
Total number of Influencers: 170
Total people follows: More than 6 M
Total comments: More than 80k
Total original posts: More than 1k
Total views of original posts: More than 11M
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6. Top Five Influencer Posts To Date
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7. Follow Influencers on LinkedIn
http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/whoToFoll
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