Daft Punk

If you can find success as an EDM artist, then you are fixin' to make yourself a boatload of money! Just look at Tiesto and Daft Punk -- they are the two richest EDM artists in the world and seriously raking in the dough.

Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories' was one of the most touted music releases of 2013, but it seem as though those craft Frenchman were holding out on us -- at least their fans that didn't live in Japan. Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo included a bonus track on their Japanese release titled 'Horizon...

Daft Punk has been pushing the envelope since they released their first album 'Homework' in 1997. Knowing this, it seems like a natural progression for the duo to harness new technology, especially in regards to the promotion of their upcoming album 'Random Access Memories.'

Artists like Skrillex, David Guetta and Calvin Harris all owe their resoundingly successful careers to Daft Punk, who essentially helped to create the EDM genre as we know it.