Daniel Ek is a Swedish entrepreneur and a technologist who started the music streaming service Spotify. He founded his first company in 1997 at the age of 14. His ventures have included the founding of Advertigo, the advertising company acquired by TradeDoubler and has been a part of the Nordic auction company Tradera and Evertigo. Ek's previous jobs include CTO at Jajja Communications and CTO at Stardoll. Daniel Ek joined the IT Gymnasium in Sundbyberg. He enrolled at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology but did not complete his degree. He has a total net worth of approximately $400 million. 

February 21st, 1983 in Sweden (Age 41)