He graduated from high school in IT-Gymnasiet in Sundbyberg in 2002, and subsequently studied engineering at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, before dropping out to focus on his IT career. Early life and education Įk grew up in the Rågsved district of Stockholm, Sweden.

He is the co-founder and CEO of music streaming service Spotify. Spotify has more than 180 million users with 87 million paying subscribers.Daniel Ek (born 21 February 1983) is a Swedish billionaire entrepreneur and technologist. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and worked for and founded other businesses before setting up Spotify.

Who is Daniel Ek?Įk, 38, co-founded music streaming service Spotify in 2006 and remains the organisation's chief executive officer. Kroenke's son Josh is a director at the club and heavily involved in its day-to-day operations. He is the owner of numerous sports franchises, including NFL side the Los Angeles Rams and NBA team the Denver Nuggets. He then assumed full control of the club after Alisher Usmanov accepted his 2018 bid to buy him out for £550m. Stan Kroenke, 73, took a 9.9% stake in Arsenal in 2007 and slowly built up his shareholding until it reached 62.89% in April 2011. And I want to establish trust with fans and I want to engage the fans again.' 'So as I look at that, I just see a tremendous opportunity to set a real vision for the club to bring it back to its glory. 'I've been an Arsenal fan since I was eight years old,' Ek said in April.

The Kroenkes responded by saying they were '100% committed' to Arsenal and 'are not selling any stake'. Swedish billionaire Ek first signalled his interest in the club following protests by Gunners fans against the Kroenkes for their role in the failed European Super League. I respect their decision but remain interested and available should that situation ever change.'Įk is worth worth a reported $4.7bn external-link (£3.38bn) and has Arsenal legends Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp and Patrick Vieira as part of his bid team. 'They replied that they don't need the money. 'This week an offer was made to both Josh Kroenke and their bankers that included fan ownership, representation at board and a golden share for the supporters,' Ek wrote external-link. On Saturday, he released a statement on Twitter to deny reports he was yet to make an offer for the club.

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