Age: 41
Birthplace: Sweden
Daniel Ek is a Swedish entrepreneur and a technologist. Ek is co-founder and CEO of the music streaming service Spotify and previous CEO of µTorrent, a popular BitTorrent client.
He founded his first company in 1997 at the age of 14. His ventures have also included the founding of Advertigo, the advertising company acquired by TradeDoubler, and has been a part of the Nordic auction company Tradera (acquired by Ebay) and Evertigo.
On 3 October 2013, Ek was inducted into SUP46's Swedish Startup Hall of Fame.
In 2006, Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon, co-founder of TradeDoubler, set up Spotify AB in Stockholm, Sweden. In October 2008, the company launched its legal music streaming service Spotify. Daniel Ek currently serves as a CEO of Spotify.
As of 2012 he is ranked 395th on the British rich list with a calculated worth of £190m