# Spotify founder

entity: /record/spotify.md  
predicate: founder  
page: /record/spotify/founder  
as_of: 2026-11-02  

As of November 2, 2026, Spotify's founder on the AsOf record is Daniel Ek, undated on the record, from a primary source (newsroom.spotify.com). The record holds 2 claims on Spotify's founder, 2 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founder

What the record asserts on 2026-11-02.

- [Spotify](/record/spotify.md) | founder | Daniel Ek | valid undated to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_1B95560168AC](/claim/clm_1B95560168AC.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q689141, https://newsroom.spotify.com/spotify-timeline/

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Spotify](/record/spotify.md) | founder | Daniel Ek | valid undated to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_1B95560168AC](/claim/clm_1B95560168AC.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q689141, https://newsroom.spotify.com/spotify-timeline/
- [Spotify](/record/spotify.md) | founder | Martin Lorentzon | valid undated to present | conf 0.60 | unverified | [clm_DFCDA6907EF2](/claim/clm_DFCDA6907EF2.md)
  sources: https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/business-and-management/spotify-company/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q689141

## Questions this record answers

### What is Spotify's current founder?

Daniel Ek, undated on the record, from a primary source (newsroom.spotify.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 2, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.95).


## Get this data

- JSON: /v1/entities/spotify/founder (this fact) · /v1/entities/spotify?predicates=founder (with the entity's coverage; add as_of=YYYY-MM-DD for a date)
- MCP: timeline(entity: "spotify", predicates: ["founder"]) for every dated value · fetch(id: "/record/spotify/founder.md") for this page
- Entity twin: /record/spotify.md · timeline: /timelines/spotify.md

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