#359 Billionaire
Daniel Ek
$9.0B
$-297M
(-3.2%)
SE
· Age 43
Source of wealth: Spotify
Industry: technology
Organization: Spotify, CEO
Residence: Stockholm, SE
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"bio": [
"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"
],
"about": [
"Ek plays guitar, bass, drums, piano and harmonica and is close friends with Facebook cofounder Mark Zuckerberg."
]
}
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