
Ek and Martin’s main objective was to fight the piracy problem that the music industry was facing. So how has a Swedish music service, launched 13 years ago become the world’s largest audio streaming service? Starting Days of Spotify Spotify Founders: Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzonĭaniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon launched a small start-up in Stockholm, Sweden back in October 2006. As of now, it has 217 million active users, and 100 million paid subscribers.

Swedish audio streaming platform Spotify was launched 13 years ago in 2006.
