Rank #347
Daniel Ek
Net worth $9.9B
Spotify · Sweden
- Born
- Feb 21, 1983
- Age
- 43
- Source
- Spotify
- Residence
- Stockholm
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Daniel Ek is the cofounder of streaming music service Spotify and remained its CEO through 2025.
- He announced plans to assume the role of executive chairman in 2026, focusing more on the company's long-term strategy.
- Ek and his business parter Martin Lorentzon founded the company in 2006 in Sweden, and launched the product in 2008.
- Today, Spotify boasts over 696 million users and 276 million subscribers across 184 markets.
- In September 2021, Ek pledged to invest 1 billion euros in European technology, cofounding VC firm Prima Materia
- Ek plays guitar, bass, drums, piano and harmonica and is close friends with Facebook cofounder Mark Zuckerberg.
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