Daniel Ek
Swedish businessman · Sweden · On the map · Founders · Born 1983 · age 43
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.
Daniel Ek is read about 865 times a day, in 28 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 3 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 402 days, one point a day.
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2022Time 100Award2014International Swede of the YearAward2012The KTH Great PrizeAward1983Born21 February 1983
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Born 1983 · age 43