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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.[citation needed] 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.
Daniel'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 at age of 15.[citation needed]
[edit] Spotify
In 2006 Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon, co-founder of TradeDoubler, set up Spotify AB in Stockholm, Sweden.[1] In October 2008 the company launched its legal music streaming service Spotify. Daniel Ek currently serves as a CEO of Spotify.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Daniel Ek Background Information (Spotify)". http://www.spotify.com/en/about/press/background-info/. Retrieved 2009-09-19.
- ^ "Spotify Information". http://www.crunchbase.com/person/daniel-ek. Retrieved 2009-09-19.
