Daniel Ek
Daniel Ek
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...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth21 February 1983
CountrySweden
thinking artist creating
This is a way for artists to communicate directly to their fans. If you think of an artist like Bruno Mars, he's using Spotify, creating playlists and listening to music through it.
artist creating people
There are half a billion people that listen to music online and the vast majority are doing so illegally. But if we bring those people over to the legal side and Spotify, what is going to happen is we are going to double the music industry and that will lead to more artists creating great new music.
sweden born piracy
I was born in Sweden, and in Sweden we are known for the piracy services.
people way months
There are millions of people who consume music illegally every month. Just getting them into a legal service will make the music industry way bigger than it's ever been before.
growing-up passion technology
I had two passions growing up - one was music, one was technology. I tried to play in a band for a while, but I was never talented enough to make it. And I started companies. One day came along and I decided to combine the two - and there was Spotify.
guitar acoustics really-cool
I actually bought a travel guitar, and that guitar is really cool. You can actually fold the guitar, and you can plug headphones into it, but it's acoustic, or semi-acoustic.
the-end-of-the-day want today
At the end of the day, I want the music industry to be larger than what it is today.
artist two labels
Spotify has paid more than two billion dollars to labels, publishers and collecting societies for distribution to songwriters and recording artists.
want inventor
I'm not an inventor. I just want to make things better.
two people gaga
In general, people are comfortable sharing their music. There are two exceptions, though - Lady Gaga and Britney Spears.
people want world
People just want to have access to all of the world's music.
people want pay
The main reason people want to pay for Spotify is really portability. People are saying, 'I want to have my music with me.
people trying spotify
With Spotify, people don't get it until they try it. Then they tell their friends.
order facts population
In order for a service to be social, you've really got to start from the ground up. The fact that almost a third of the U.S. population have even heard of Spotify is really because they've seen it on Facebook and friends have been sharing.