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Daniel Ek
Revolutionize the way people listen to music and discover new artists with Daniel Ek, speaker, CEO of Spotify.
Daniel Ek is the co-founder and executive chairman of Spotify, the music and audio streaming service with more than 700 million users. He speaks on entrepreneurship, innovation, business strategy, and building a technology company at global scale.
Daniel launched Spotify in 2008 as a legal music streaming service and led it as CEO for nearly two decades. In January 2026 he became executive chairman, handing day-to-day leadership to co-CEOs Gustav Söderström and Alex Norström. He is widely recognised as one of the most influential figures in the music industry.
His experience covers the full arc of a founder's journey. Daniel began designing websites for clients at 13, built a background across technology, business, and advertising, and then created a streaming model that changed how people pay for and listen to music. He also has first-hand experience of planning a leadership transition at the top of a listed company.
Audiences gain a clear view of how to spot a market shift early, how to grow a product from launch to hundreds of millions of users, and how a founder can step back from the CEO role while keeping a company focused on innovation.
Book Daniel Ek for a founder's account of building one of the world's most widely used consumer technology platforms and leading it through two decades of change.
Book Daniel Ek as a speaker to gain insights from one of the most influential figures in the music industry and a pioneering tech entrepreneur. Learn how he revolutionized music streaming with Spotify, impacting millions of users and artists worldwide. His journey from a teenage web designer to a CEO of a billion-dollar company will inspire and educate your team.
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Daniel Ek tells the story of building Spotify, from designing websites for clients at 13 to launching a legal music streaming service in 2008, to talk about entrepreneurship and innovation.
Daniel Ek speaks on entrepreneurship, innovation, business strategy, leadership, and customer experience. He co-founded Spotify, launched it in 2008, and led it as CEO until January 2026, when he became executive chairman of a service with more than 700 million users.
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