Daniel Ek's Grand Ambition

How He Built Spotify Into a $38 Billion Industry-Leader

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Daniel Ek

Daniel Ek - Spotify

Daniel Ek, the Co-Founder and CEO of Spotify, helped revolutionize the music industry.

Today, Spotify is a company valued at nearly $38 billion, with 574 million users, and 226 million premium subscribers.

The path to get there?

It’s been anything but easy.

How did Daniel, in the world of music piracy in 2006, take an idea for a better music product, convince labels to work with him using a new business model, and create an industry disruptor?

And what lessons can we learn from his journey?

Let’s get to it.

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