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Daniel Ek

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  • Ek was Born

    Ek was Born
    Daniel Ek was born on February 21, 1983, in Ragsved, Sweden.

  • Ek Began Making Websites

    Ek Began Making Websites
    When Ek was in high school, he started making websites in his room to help businesses.

  • The First Idea of Spotify

    The First Idea of Spotify
    After Napster was shut down, Ek came up with the idea for Spotify. HIs idea was that "you can never legislate away from piracy. Laws can definitely help, but it doesn't take away the problem. The only way to solve the problem was to create a service that was better than piracy and at the same time compensates the music industry – that gave us Spotify."

  • Ek started Spotify

    Ek started Spotify
    Ek became the CEO of μTorrent with Ludvig Strigeus until the business was sold. Following that, Ek and Strigeus began the idea of Spotify.

  • The First Launch of Spotify

    The First Launch of Spotify
    Partnered with Martin Lorentzon, Ek completed the first launch of Spotify. Spotify was only able to be used via invitation in The UK, Scandinavia, France, and Spain.

  • Spotify expanded their services

    Spotify expanded their services
    Spotify made a deal with Telia, a telecommunication serivce provider, to give Spotify the ability to be used on TVs and computers.

  • Spotify was Getting Popular

    Spotify was Getting Popular
    At this time, the average Spotify user has 15,000 tracks ina collection, and that overall over 100 millions user-made playlists had been created.

  • Spotify made Plans

    Spotify made Plans
    Spotify made two different kind of account plans, Premium and Unlimited. These accounts gave users more freedom to the website.

  • Spotify Goes Across the Globe

    Spotify Goes Across the Globe
    Spotify was finally launched in the U.S., with free listening being limited prior to the release.

  • Spotify Became Official

    Spotify Became Official
    Spotify became an official music streaming service, first being used within desktop computers.

  • Ek was on his own

    Ek was on his own
    IN October 2016, Lorentzon stepped down as chairman, and left Ek as the CEO.

  • Ek was Titled

    Ek was Titled
    Ek was named the most powerful person in the music industry by Billboard.

  • Spotify Went Global

    Spotify Went Global
    Along with the discounted premium subscription, Spotify expanded to over 30 more countries.

  • Spotify Gets Big

    Spotify Gets Big
    Spotify had reached an amount of 140 million users active.

  • Spotify Introduces AI

    Spotify Introduces AI
    Spotify launched their AI DJ, automating playlists and queues based off of the users most listened to artists, tracks, and albums.