Spotify

Spotify is Europe's most successful consumer technology platform, serving over 600 million users worldwide with music, podcasts, and audiobook streaming, proving that European companies can compete at global scale in the platform economy. Founded in Stockholm by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon, it remains one of the very few European-born digital platforms capable of rivaling Silicon Valley incumbents in reach and influence. While primarily a digital content company, Spotify represents an important precedent for European platform sovereignty, demonstrating that the continent can originate and sustain category-defining technology businesses.