It would be nearly impossible to quantify a DJ’s financial success by simply looking at their volume of music or headlined events. So, instead, we’ll just say that Calvin Harris and Tiësto both “win”. According to a recent article and net-worth estimations from CelebrityNetworth.com, Calvin Harris could match the net worth of Martin Garrix, Diplo, Axwell, Hardwell, Zedd, and Dash Berlin, all at the same time, and still have a cool $3,500,000 left over. Compared to Calvin, Tiësto appears to be seriously struggling, only having $105,000,000.
Two years ago, Celebrity Net Worth released their list of Calvin Harris’s $40M increase since 2013 is nearly triple any other DJ in that time, and a larger sum than Skrillex’s Pete Tong’s, or Moby’s entire net worth. In case Calvin was looking for a way to spend his money, may we suggest purchasing Pumpkin Key Island off the coast of Florida. It’s available here for $110,000,000, and includes 26 acres of island only a 10 minute helicopter ride from South Beach. Or, you could buy 289,481 pairs of wireless Beats by Dre headphones. Anyways, here’s your list of the top 50 richest DJs in the world:
1. Calvin Harris – $110 Million
2. Tiesto – $105 Million
3. Avicii – $75 Million
4. Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (Daft Punk)– $70 Million
5. Thomas Bangalter (Daft Punk)– $70 Million
6. Paul Oakenfold – $65 Million
7. David Guetta – $60 Million
8. Paul van Dyk – $60 Million
9. Armin Van Buuren – $55 Million
10. Steve Aoki – $55 Million
11. Deadmau5 – $53 Million
12. Afrojack – $50 Million
13. John Digweed – $48 Million
14. Kaskade – $43 Million
15. Judge Jules – $42 Million
16. Sasha – $40 Million
17. Skrillex – $36 Million
18. Pete Tong – $33 Million
19. Moby – $32 Million
20. Kidd Kraddick – $30 Million
21. Tom Joyner – $30 Million
22. Zedd – $25 Million
23. Steve Angello – $24 Million
24. Fatboy Slim – $24 Million
25. Hardwell – $23 Million
26. The Chemical Brothers – $22 Million
27. Ferry Corsten – $20 Million
28. DJ Pauly D – $28 Million
29. Peter Hook – $20 Million
30. Swedish House Mafia – $20 Million
31. John Laws – #20 Million
32. Ryan Lewis – $18 Million
33. DJ Khalil – $16 Million
34. Sebastian Ingrosso – $16 Million
35. Carl Cox – $16 Million
36. Axwell – $16 Million
37. Eddie Piolin – $15 Million
38. Bob Kevoian – $ 15 Million
39. Benny Benassi – $15 Million
40. Tom Griswold – $ 15 Million
41. Diplo – $15 Million
42. John R. Gambling – $15 Million
43. Martin Garixx – $14 Million
44. Sven Vath – $14 Million
45. Dash Berlin – $13.5 Million
46. Tim Westwood – $13 Million
47. Gareth Emery – $13 Million
48. Aphex Twin – $13 Million
49. Darude – $12 Million
50. Paavo Siljamaki – $10 Million
Source: CelebrityNetWorth