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亚历山大•鲁格

• 年龄：31岁

• 头衔：联合创始人兼CEO

• 公司：在线音频分享平台SoundCloud

蕾哈娜、奥巴马总统和车库乐队有什么共同点？他们都在SoundCloud上。这个诞生于瑞典、目前位于德国的音频分享服务已经成为音乐爱好者和播客爱好者们必去的网站。SoundCloud由瑞典人亚历山大•鲁格和埃里克•瓦赫尔福斯创办，去年，它的注册用户增加了两倍，今年夏天注册用户达到4,000万人，而且通过在Facebook、Twitter和Google+上新推出的嵌入功能，用户用于播放的时间也延长了一倍。每月约有2亿独立用户访问SoundCloud。——伊莱•爱普斯坦 

Alexander Ljung

• Age: 31

• Title: Cofounder and CEO

• Company: SoundCloud

What do Rihanna, President Obama and garage bands have in common? They're all on SoundCloud, the Swedish-born, German-based audio sharing service that's become a go-to destination for music lovers and podcast devotees alike. Founded by Swedes Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss, SoundCloud tripled its registered users since last year, reaching 40 million this summer, and doubled the amount of time those users spend playing tracks, thanks in part to new embed capabilities on Facebook, Twitter and Google+. All told, some 200 million unique visitors head to SoundCloud every month.-Eli Epstein