Who says you and I are the only ones on Twitter? Even the business world is all-a-twitter as big names in business have jumped into the ever growing Twitter bandwagon.

We’ve compiled twenty of the names of the people who are CEOs and/or founders of enterprises (some of which you might now, like Amazon or eBay) who have decided to share their thoughts with us in 140-characters or less. So, log into your accounts and get ready to follow.

@zappos – Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com

Who hasn’t heard of Zappos? And which self-respecting business person on Twitter does not follow Tony Hsieh?

@kevinrose – Kevin Rose, founder of Digg.com

You will definitely Digg this.

@ev – Evan Williams, CEO of Twitter

We owe him so much.

@biz – Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter

Read and follow the tweets of the person who helped develop Twitter.

@techcrunch – Michael Arrington, CEO of Techcrunch

The latest technology news in 140 characters or less.

@richardbranson – Richard Branson, Chairman of Virgin Group

Follow the man who technically brought us the Rolling Stones.

@jowyang – Jeremiah Owyang, senior analyst at Forrester Research

This guy knows what’s up and about in the business and technology world. You might learn a thing or two… or three.

@tferriss – Tim Ferriss, author of the 4-Hour Workweek

Tim Ferris wrote the #1 NYT bestselling book, The 4-Hour Workweek, and tweets his adventures on what he does after that four hours are up.

@finkd – Mark Zuckerberg, founder, Facebook

The guy created Facebook. Anyone who’s anyone (or not) is on Facebook.

@comcastcares – Frank Eliason, Comcast Director of Digital Care

Frank Eliason shows that Comcast really cares by actually doing tech support troubleshooting steps on his tweets.

@photomatt – Matt Mullenweg

Matt Mullenweg = Wordpress, Automattic, Akismet

@craignewmark – Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist

Funny guy. He claims he’s a customer service rep at Craigslist.

@pierre – Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay

If you find yourself bidding on a used tissue that came from Brad Pitt’s dry cleaning, blame this guy.

@stevecase – Steve Case, co-founder of AOL

He may no longer be with AOL, but he’s still worth following.

@bestbuyCMO – Barry Judge, CMO of Best Buy

You get to pick the head of the CMO for Best Buy, and figure out where you should do your shopping.

@werner – Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon.com

Get updates on what else to spend your money on at Amazon.

@ JeffreyHayzlett – Jeffrey Hayzlett, CMO at Kodak

Follow what Kodak CMO has to say. Words are okay, although pictures are worth a thousand of them.

@mlevchin – Max Levchin, founder of PayPal

You gotta know who you’re trusting with your money.

@daveknox – Dave Knox, Brand Manager for Digital Business Strategy at Proctor & Gamble

If you wanna take a peek into what makes P&G’s digital business strategies tick.

@cbarger – Christopher Barger, Director of Global Communications Technology at GM

He said it himself: “Telling the world all about General Motors, one Tweet at a time.”

@jalichandra – Richard Jalichandra, CEO of Technorati

Find out what the guy who’s managing Technorati is puting Technorati tags on.

These Twitterers are considered members of the elite Twitter All-Stars for business, and they are there because of their contributions to the Twittersphere. Who knows? By following them, we might learn a thing or two from on how to get our own businesses going and growing.

While you’re at it, why not follow us @biztechday for more nifty business concepts.

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