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| Born | 21 February 1983 Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Occupation | CEO and Founder, Spotify |
Daniel Ek (born 21 February 1983) is a Swedish entrepreneur and a technologist who started the music streaming service Spotify.
He founded his first company in 1997 at the age of 14.[1] His ventures have included the founding of Advertigo, the advertising company acquired by TradeDoubler and has been a part of the Nordic auction company Tradera (acquired by Ebay) and Evertigo.
Ek's previous jobs include CTO at Jajja Communications, CTO at Stardoll and CEO of µTorrent, the world's most popular BitTorrent client with more than 100 million downloads. Daniel Ek joined the IT Gymnasiet in Sundbyberg.[citation needed] He enrolled at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology but did not complete his degree.
Spotify [edit]
In 2006, Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon, co-founder of TradeDoubler, set up Spotify AB in Stockholm, Sweden.[2] In October 2008 the company launched its legal music streaming service Spotify. Daniel Ek currently serves as a CEO of Spotify.[3]
As of 2012[update] he is ranked 395th on the British rich list with a calculated worth of £190m[4]
References [edit]
- ^ "Stanford Entrepreneurship Corner : A Playlist for Entrepreneurs - Daniel Ek, Chi-Hua Chien (Spotify)". Retrieved 2012-05-22.
- ^ "Daniel Ek Background Information (Spotify)". Retrieved 2009-09-19.
- ^ "Spotify Information". Retrieved 2009-09-19.
- ^ "Spotify Information". Retrieved 2012-04-28.
