Daniel Ek
Daniel Ek (born February 21, 1983 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish manager and CEO of the music streaming service Spotify .
Life
Ek grew up with his single mother in the Stockholm district of Rågsved. At the age of 16 he applied unsuccessfully to Google Inc. This was followed by several months of study at the Royal Technical University in Stockholm and employment at several companies before Ek finally became CTO of Stardoll AB. In 2006 he founded Spotify AB in Stockholm together with Martin Lorentzon, the former CEO of the online marketing and sales solution platform TradeDoubler AB. In 2016 he married his longtime partner Sofia Levander, with whom he has two children.
In 2012, he was ranked 395th in the Sunday Times' British wealthy list .
Awards
- Swedish Hall of Fame for start up founders (SUP46 's), 2013
Web links
Commons : Daniel Ek - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Die Welt: Spotify boss has been banned from Google on August 15, 2013, accessed on August 1, 2015
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Ek, Daniel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish manager and CEO of the music streaming service Spotify |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm , Kingdom of Sweden |