Daniel Ek will step apart as Spotify’s chief govt officer in January to turn into govt chair, the streaming large introduced at the moment (September 30). From January 1, 2026, two present senior officers—Gustav Söderström, presently co-president and chief product and know-how officer, and Alex Norström, co-president and chief enterprise officer—will turn into co-CEOs of Spotify, reporting to Ek. They’re additionally set to hitch the corporate’s board of administrators, pending shareholder approval.
The corporate likened Ek’s new position to that of a European firm’s chair, with energy to find out capital allocation, plot Spotify’s long-term course, and assist the senior crew. The change, Spotify added, formalizes the way it has operated since 2023, “with the co-presidents largely main strategic growth and operational execution of Spotify.”
In his personal assertion, Ek, who based Spotify in 2006, pressured that he has already “turned over a big a part of the day-to-day administration and strategic course of Spotify to Alex and Gustav” and that the “change merely matches titles to how we already function.”
Not one of the statements made reference to current controversy surrounding Ek’s funding within the weapons contractor Helsing, which has prompted an exodus of artists from the platform together with Hotline TNT, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Xiu Xiu, Deerhoof, Deradoorian, and—in the event that they reach pulling their music—Massive Attack.
