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Daniel Ek has made $724m so far from selling Spotify shares with latest $28.5m cash-out
Spotify CEO and co-founder Daniel Ek sold another significant chunk of company shares this week, bringing his total cash-outs ...
Daniel Ek has opted out of a salary since 2017—but the Spotify CEO already cashed in $178 million worth of shares this year
So is the case of Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, who has treated himself to a significant payday this year in the form of share sales ...
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Neko, the body-scanning startup co-founded by Spotify’s Daniel Ek, snaps up $260M at a $1.8B valuation
The round follows a Series A of $65 million in 2023 from Lakestar, Atomico, General Catalyst and Prima Materia, the investment firm co-founded by Spotify’s Daniel Ek, who happens to be the other ...
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Daniel Ek bags another $29m from Spotify share sale, cashing out close to $700m since 2023
Spotify CEO and co-founder Daniel Ek sold another USD $29.2 million worth of company shares on Wednesday (March 5), continuing a pattern of stock sales just weeks after the streaming platform’s share ...
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Spotify CEO calls Apple’s EU compliance a ‘farce,’ urges penalty enforcement
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek is not very happy about Apple’s current compliance with the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). In a new interview with Bloomberg, he criticizes Apple and calls on EU ...
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The Art of the Middleman: How Spotify’s CEO Became Richer Than Any Musician
Daniel Ek, the co-founder and CEO of Spotify, has amassed a fortune surpassing that of any musician in history, including titans like Taylor Swift and Paul McCartney. The secret to his success?
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Spotify is laying off around 6% of its workforce — about 600 employees — as tech job cuts continue to mount
CEO Daniel Ek said in a blog post that the company had made a "difficult but necessary decision" to cut some roles. Ek said he took full responsibility for the layoffs. "Over the next several ...