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Spotify just turned 20. Here’s how founder Daniel Ek built it into a $100 billion music empire by being the ‘least powerful person’ at the company
Big Tech
Spotify just turned 20. Here’s how founder Daniel Ek built it into a $100 billion music empire by being the ‘least powerful person’ at the company
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezApril 23, 2026
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.
Tech
Spotify is pitching itself to advertisers as the anti-‘rotting and doom scrolling app’
By Ryan HoggApril 4, 2025
Sports writer Bill Simmons speaks at the 2010 New Yorker Festival at DGA Theater on October 2, 2010 in New York City.
Lifestyle
Spotify signs Bill Simmons, its $250 million man, to a new deal
By Lucas Shaw and BloombergMarch 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.
Tech
Daniel Ek says Spotify’s new CFO, a former defense exec, is ditching his suits for t-shirts as streaming giant breaks fresh records
By Ryan HoggFebruary 5, 2025
Spotify shares surge on subscriber gains, first annual profit
Finance
Spotify shares surge on subscriber gains, first annual profit
By Ashley Carman and BloombergFebruary 4, 2025
From left: Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, Netflix CCO Bela Bajaria, Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters, and Cody Rhodes at Netflix's Debut of WWE Monday Night Raw at Intuit Dome on January 06, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Photo: Roger Kisby/Getty Images/Netflix)
Newsletters
The key to Netflix’s blowout earnings? A flywheel
By Andrew NuscaJanuary 23, 2025
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Tech
Daniel Ek’s body scanning startup hits £1.4 billion valuation with 100,000 people lining up to pay £299 for a health check
By Ryan HoggJanuary 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.
Tech
Daniel Ek says Spotify has ‘never been in a stronger position’ as music streamer caps remarkable 2024 turnaround 
By Ryan HoggNovember 13, 2024
Photo showing, left to right: Mark Zuckerberg, Daniel Ek, Snoop Dogg, and Sean Parker
Tech
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek refuses to play sports with friend Mark Zuckerberg because they’re both too competitive
By Ryan HoggOctober 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.
Tech
Mark Zuckerberg says Europe needs more consistent AI regulation—and even his privacy nemesis agrees
By David MeyerSeptember 19, 2024
Daniel Ek, co-founder and chief executive officer of Spotify.
Tech
Spotify used this one word to justify a 50% cut in royalties, music creator lawsuit alleges
By Robert Burnson, Ashley Carman, Peter Blumberg and BloombergMay 17, 2024
Joe Rogan on the Questions Everything podcast.
Tech
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
By Ryan HoggMay 10, 2024
Spotify execs including Daniel Ek have sold more than $250 million in stock already this year
Tech
Spotify execs including Daniel Ek have sold more than $250 million in stock already this year
By Ryan HoggApril 29, 2024
Spotify's CEO and Co-Founder Daniel Ek
Tech
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 BloombergApril 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.
Tech
After betting $1 billion on podcasts, Spotify is launching video learning courses in the U.K.—including a $44 ‘Dog Body Language’ class
By Ryan HoggMarch 27, 2024
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