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
inspiring impossible conviction
We led with our conviction rather than rational, because rational said it was impossible.
problem solve company
The value of a company is the sum of the problems you solve.
focus consumers
Put your consumers in focus, and listen to what they're actually saying, not what they tell you.
way given asks
Ask yourself: given everything you have to do, is there a way that we can make this better?
music numbers advantage
But right now we have an advantage of being the number one in music.
winning musician want
At Spotify, we really want you to democratically win as a musician. We want you to win because your music is the best music.
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.
two people gaga
In general, people are comfortable sharing their music. There are two exceptions, though - Lady Gaga and Britney Spears.
want inventor
I'm not an inventor. I just want to make things better.
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.
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.
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.
sweden born piracy
I was born in Sweden, and in Sweden we are known for the piracy services.