Calvin Harris is a Scottish singer-songwriter, record producer, and DJ with a $300 million net worth. Calvin is the world’s richest DJ as of this writing. He gets $30-$40 million every year on average. Calvin sold his publishing collection to Vine Alternative Investments for $100 million in October 2020. Over 150 Harris-produced songs were featured in the collection, including duets with Ariana Grande, Sam Smith, Dua Lipa, and Travis Scott.

What are some of Calvin Harris business ventures aside from his music career?

Calvin Harris secured an exclusive DJ residency agreement with Wynn Las Vegas in early 2012, which featured appearances at three of the luxury resort’s avenues: Encore Beach Club, Surrender, and XS Nightclub. Harris signed on as the first exclusive resident DJ with the Abu Dhabi-owned hospitality brand Hakkasan Group in Las Vegas in February 2013.

During his 20-month engagement, he performed 46 times at MGM Grand’s Hakkasan nightclub and 22 more times at MGM Grand’s Wet Republic. He extended his collaboration with the Hakkasan group for three years in January 2015, which includes residencies at three of the organization’s Las Vegas locations (Hakkasan nightclub, Wet Republic, and Omnia Nightclub at Caesars Palace).

Harris also works as a music consultant for the Group’s restaurants, nightclubs, and hotels.

Harris was introduced as a co-owner of the music streaming service Tidal on March 30, 2015, alongside a number of other musicians. The service is known for its lossless audio and high-definition music videos. In the first quarter of 2015, rapper Jay Z purchased Tidal’s parent company, Aspiro.

Tidal is co-owned by 16 artists, including Kanye West, Beyoncé, Madonna, Chris Martin, and Nicki Minaj, with the majority possessing a 3% equity position. Those involved developed the concept of a wholly artist-owned streaming service in order to respond to the current music industry’s rising demand for streaming and to compete with other streaming services such as Spotify, which have been chastised for their low royalty payouts.

Meanwhile, Harris published “Da Bongos” and “Brighter Days” under the alias Stouffer in 2002. Harris relocated to London to develop his career after the popularity of these two singles. However, due to the high expense of living in the city, the transfer was short-lived. After only releasing one record in London, he returned to Dumfries and began posting music on the early social media site Myspace. Harris’ Myspace page was quickly spotted by a powerful talent manager, who quickly signed him to his organization. He quickly signed with EMI and Sony BMG.