Daniel Ek (2024)

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About Daniel Ek

  • Stockholm-born Daniel Ek is the cofounder and CEO of streaming music service Spotify.
  • The company has more than 381 million users, 172 million of whom are paying subscribers.
  • Via a dual-class share system Ek owns nearly 9% of the shares, but has 37% of voting control.
  • Ek and his business parter Martin Lorentzon founded the company in 2006 in Sweden, and launched the product in 2008.
  • In September 2021, Ek pledged to invest 1 billion euros in European technology, cofounding VC firm Prima Materia

Wealth History

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Personal Stats

Age
41
Source of Wealth
Spotify, Self Made
Residence
Stockholm, Sweden
Citizenship
Sweden
Marital Status
Married
Children
2

Did you know

Ek plays guitar, bass, drums, piano and harmonica and is close friends with Facebook cofounder Mark Zuckerberg.

In Their Own Words

I'm not an inventor. I just want to make things better.

Daniel Ek

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