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Daniel Ek

1983 - Today

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Daniel Georg Ek (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈdɑ̂ːnɪɛl ˈjěːɔrj ěːk]; born 21 February 1983) is a Swedish businessman and technologist. He is the co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of music streaming service Spotify. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Ek has received more than 5,493,562 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Daniel Ek is the 682nd most popular businessperson (down from 675th in 2019), the 1,171st most popular biography from Sweden (up from 1,245th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Swedish Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Daniel Ek ranks 682 out of 847. Before him are Chris Anderson, Wendi Deng Murdoch, Eben Moglen, John W. Henry, Chai Ling, and Bob Lutz. After him are Selçuk Bayraktar, Herman Cain, Kimbal Musk, Niklas Zennström, Lev Manovich, and Xu Rongmao.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Daniel Ek ranks 168. Before him are Adrianne Palicki, Antonio Mirante, Ognjen Vukojević, Carolina Klüft, Branko Ilić, and Christian Klien. After him are André Santos, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Danny Makkelie, Iqbal Masih, Zoe Kazan, and Khamis Gaddafi.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Daniel Ek ranks 1,171 out of 1,879. Before him are Kristina Hautala (1948), Anders Wejryd (1948), Karin Dreijer (1975), Carolina Klüft (1983), Alexander Isak (1999), and Thomas Ahlström (1952). After him are Jill Johnson (1973), Carl Kempe (1884), Eva Brunne (1954), Kenny Bräck (1966), Jan Eriksson (1967), and Nicklas Lidström (1970).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Sweden

Among businesspeople born in Sweden, Daniel Ek ranks 7. Before him are Ingvar Kamprad (1926), Ludvig Nobel (1831), Ivar Kreuger (1880), Stefan Persson (1947), Anders Frisk (1963), and Christian von Koenigsegg (1972). After him are Niklas Zennström (1966).

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