The Profile: Daniel Ek

The founder of music streaming giant Spotify is hoping to pull off an audacious takeover bid of his beloved Arsenal

Daniel Ek has made billions from Spotify, but many artists haven't been so lucky. Illustration: Peter Hanan

In brief:

Name: Daniel Ek

Age: 38

Appearance: smiley but steely

Newsworthiness: In an extraordinary move, Ek is publicly preparing a takeover bid for Arsenal FC

In late April, Daniel Ek, the Swedish multibillionaire and co-founder of Spotify, fired up his computer and sat down to a meeting with three of Arsenal’s so-called Invincibles of the unbeaten 2003-04 season.

On the agenda for this unlikely conference with Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp and Patrick Vieira was ...