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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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A life in dates

2022Time 100Award2014International Swede of the YearAward2012The KTH Great PrizeAward1983Born21 February 1983

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Time 1002022
International Swede of the Year2014
The KTH Great Prize2012

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Country
Sweden
Category
Founders
Type
Founder
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1983 · age 43

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