http://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2013/08/14/edms-46-million-man-how-calvin-harris-became-the-worlds-highest-paid-dj/Less than a decade ago, Adam Wiles was working the aisles of a Scottish grocery chain. Living out of his parents’ house without a college degree, he had all but given up on his dreams of making it as a musician, consigning himself to stock food items on store shelves for the rest of his life.
Looking back on that bleak outlook today, the man who’s remade himself as Calvin Harris emits a nervous chuckle as he fidgets with the permanent black ink on his right forearm that reads, “Enter With Boldness.”f
That’s become the mantra of Calvin Harris, who pulled in an estimated
$46 million over the past 12 months to make him the highest-earning DJ in the world. With neck scruff and a thick Scottish accent, the 29-year-old songwriter and producer is the face of the electronic music revolution that has long simmered in Europe and finally made its way to America.
