The invention relates to a spindle motor having a fluid dynamic bearing system and comprises a rotor having a cylindrical shaft, a first bearing disk disposed at one end of the shaft and a second bearing disk that is disposed on the shaft at a spacing to the first bearing disk in such a way that an annular disk-shaped space is formed between the two bearing disks. A stator is provided that has an annular disk-shaped component which is disposed in the annular disk-shaped space formed by the rotor, the respective opposing bearing surfaces of the stator and of the rotor being separated from one another by a bearing gap filled with a fluid medium. The bearing system comprises at least one radial bearing formed between the outside circumference of the shaft and the inside circumference of the annular disk-shaped component and two axial bearings formed by the two end faces of the annular disk-shaped component and the respective opposing end faces of the bearing disks, an electromagnetic drive unit being provided to drive the rotor.