Daniel Ek
$9.0B
Born
Feb 21, 1983
Age
43
Source of Wealth
Spotify
Residence
Stockholm,
Citizenship
Sweden
Marital Status
Married
Children
2
Education
- 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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