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Daniel Ek
Daniel Georg Ek is a Swedish businessman and technologist. He is the founder and executive chairman of Spotify. As of December 2025, his net worth was estimated at $8.7 billion by Forbes.
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business · Swedish businessman (born 1983) · entrepreneur · manager · computer scientist · also Daniel Ek, Daniel Georg Ek, Ek
Born 21 February 1983 · Q901670
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2026· 9 entries
“I think that sex is necessary and bankers are not.”
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“Alcohol consumed removes the inhibition against telling the truth that occasionally one would like to keep secret.”
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“Why wantonly proclaim one's own disgrace, or expose the faults or weaknesses of one's kindred or people?”
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“It is considered contemptible to defy the rule of solidarity by revealing facts harmful to the group one belongs to.”
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“The play's the thing,Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.”
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“t intend for this statement to be received how it was. He goes on to say that works of a”
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TechCrunch: Daniel Ek’s body-scanning startup Neko Health raises another $700M
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TechCrunch: Daniel Ek-backed defense tech Helsing to raise $1.2B at $18B valuation
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2025· 2 entries
Observer: Spotify’s Billionaire CEO Daniel Ek Is Betting Big on Europe’s Defense Sector
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The Financial Times reported Prima Materia led a €600 million (£446 million) investment in Helsing
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2024· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “Daniel Ek, Spotify’s CEO, has a higher net worth than any recording artist in history.” True.
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2023· 2 entries
Spotify began releasing annual artist remuneration reports as part of their Loud & Clear initiative
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Showcasing its non-invasive full-body scanning technology, which uses sensors and artificial intelligence to collect and analyze health data
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2022· 1 entry
Awarded Time 100 (2022).
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2020· 2 entries
Ek stated, "There is a narrative fallacy here, combined with the fact that, obviously, some artists that used to do well in the past may not do well in this future landscape, where you can't record music once every three
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“There is a narrative fallacy here, combined with the fact that, obviously, some artists that used to do well in the past may not do well in this future landscape, where you can”
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2017· 1 entry
Ek was named the most powerful person in the music industry by Billboard
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2016· 3 entries
Ek and fellow Spotify co-founder Martin Lorentzon wrote an open letter on the blogging platform Medium to the Swedish government saying that if certain changes to Swedish law regarding housing, taxation, and education ar
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“Two things a Man should never be angry at; what he can help, and what he cannot help.”
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Ek married Sofia Levander, his longtime partner, at Lake Como
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded International Swede of the Year (2014).
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2012· 1 entry
Awarded The KTH Great Prize (2012).
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2011· 1 entry
2012 and 2013, Ek was selected for the Forbes 30 under 30 list in the Technology, Consumer Technology and Music categories, followed by the Forbes 30 under 30 Hall of Fame in 2022
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2007· 1 entry
“What you say may be overheard; used as a warning.”
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2006· 2 entries
“The donkey called the rooster bigheaded.”
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After which Ek briefly became the CEO of μTorrent, working with μTorrent founder Ludvig Strigeus until μTorrent was sold to BitTorrent in December 2006
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2002· 1 entry
And then studied engineering at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology for 8 weeks before dropping out to focus on his IT career
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1997· 2 entries
“When in trouble first of all every one himself should do his best to improve his condition.”
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“One belonging to a group having common interests is not likely to act against or find fault with another member of the same group. Solidarity may prevail over law, justice or truth.”
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1983· 1 entry
Born 1983-02-21.
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1831· 1 entry
“That is, it renders those blind who are under its influence by making that appear beautiful which is often the reverse.”
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