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Spotify founder Daniel Ek once said he was the ‘least powerful person’ at the company. Here’s how he built it into a $145 billion music empire

Spotify founder Daniel Ek once said he was the ‘least powerful person’ at the company. Here’s how he built it into a $145 billion music empire

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

September 30, 2025

Daniel Ek, Co-Founder, CEO, Spotify, speaks onstage during the "Now Playing" Creator Day hosted by Spotify at its Los Angeles Campus on November 13, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.

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Sports writer Bill Simmons speaks at the 2010 New Yorker Festival at DGA Theater on October 2, 2010 in New York City.

Spotify signs Bill Simmons, its $250 million man, to a new deal

By Lucas Shaw and Bloomberg

March 12, 2025

Christian Luiga, chief financial officer of TeliaSonera AB, speaks during a news conference to announce earnings at the company's headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015.

Daniel Ek says Spotify’s new CFO, a former defense exec, is ditching his suits for t-shirts as streaming giant breaks fresh records

February 5, 2025

Spotify shares surge on subscriber gains, first annual profit

Spotify shares surge on subscriber gains, first annual profit

By Ashley Carman and Bloomberg

February 4, 2025

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The key to Netflix’s blowout earnings? A flywheel

By Andrew Nusca

January 23, 2025

Hjalmar Nilsonne & Daniel Ek

Daniel Ek’s body scanning startup hits £1.4 billion valuation with 100,000 people lining up to pay £299 for a health check

January 23, 2025

Daniel Ek, co-founder and chief executive officer of Spotify Technology SA, during the Acquired LIVE event at the Chase Center in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024.

Daniel Ek says Spotify has ‘never been in a stronger position’ as music streamer caps remarkable 2024 turnaround

November 13, 2024

Photo showing, left to right: Mark Zuckerberg, Daniel Ek, Snoop Dogg, and Sean Parker

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek refuses to play sports with friend Mark Zuckerberg because they’re both too competitive

October 1, 2024

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Acquired LIVE event at the Chase Center in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024.

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September 19, 2024

Daniel Ek, co-founder and chief executive officer of Spotify.

Spotify used this one word to justify a 50% cut in royalties, music creator lawsuit alleges

By Robert Burnson, Ashley Carman, Peter Blumberg and Bloomberg

May 17, 2024

Joe Rogan on the Questions Everything podcast.

Spotify’s podcast chief exits as the streamer pivots from its $1 billion bet on exclusivity deals with the likes of Joe Rogan and Alex Cooper

May 10, 2024

Spotify execs including Daniel Ek have sold more than $250 million in stock already this year

Spotify execs including Daniel Ek have sold more than $250 million in stock already this year

April 29, 2024

Spotify's CEO and Co-Founder Daniel Ek

Spotify follows the footsteps of Apple and Amazon as it plans to hike prices in the UK, Australia and Pakistan

By Lucas Shaw, Ashley Carman and Bloomberg

April 3, 2024

Portrait of a young handsome man and his golden retriever dog sitting on a floor in a front of a white garage door, using smart phone, taking a rest.

After betting $1 billion on podcasts, Spotify is launching video learning courses in the U.K.—including a $44 ‘Dog Body Language’ class

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