Daniel Ek
CEO, Spotify
$4.96B
as of 07/05/24
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
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SwedenSource of wealth
SpotifyResidence
Stockholm, SwedenMarital status
MarriedBirth date
02/21/83 (age 41)Number of children
2Self-made
self-madeDaniel Ek’s fortune is worth
83K
troy ounces of gold
76K
median U.S. household
50K
median U.S. income
0.099%
U.S. credit card volume
0.02%
GDP of the United States
0.015%
United States debt
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Ek plays guitar, bass, drums, piano and harmonica and is close friends with Facebook cofounder Mark Zuckerberg.
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