Tiësto

Tijs Michiel Verwest OON, better known by his stage name Tiësto, is a DJ and record producer from Breda, North Brabant, in the Netherlands. DJ Mag readers elected him the "greatest DJ of the last 20 years" in 2013. Many people refer to him as the "Godfather of EDM."

Tiësto co-founded Black Hole Recordings with Arny Bink in 1997, and the Magik and In Search of Sunrise CD series were published on the label. In 1998, Tisto met producer Dennis Waakop Reijers, with whom he has collaborated frequently since then.

Long before DJs became superstars in the United States, this Dutch trance maestro was a U2-size attraction in Europe, throwing enormous synth bombs from Ibiza to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. His music used to be a shiver-inducing trance spiral, but it has since evolved into chunkier electro beats. He's not going to stop with the millions of followers, despite his claimed $20 million a year income.

Born: January 17, 1969

Nationality: Dutch