Why Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Is Stepping Down After Nearly Two Decades

Daniel Ek, the billionaire founder of the $150 billion music streamer, is exiting Spotify’s top role as he is increasingly backing moonshot tech companies out to solve the world’s toughest problems.

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