Paul Okenford net worth
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What is Paul Okenford’s net worth?
Paul Oakenfold is a British record producer and DJ with a net worth of US$50 million. Paul Oakenfold has produced more than 100 mixes for artists such as Michael Jackson, Madonna, U2, Moby and the Rolling Stones. His work has won many Grammy Awards, and twice was named the world’s No. 1 DJ by DJ Magazine. Oakenfold has also released several studio albums and created soundtracks for various movies and TV shows.
Early life and career start
Paul Oakenfold was born on August 30, 1963 in London, England. He grew up in Highbury and Grinches, then moved to Croydon, where he went to the Archbishop Lan Frank School. Later, Okenford studied for four years to become a chef and worked in the Army and Navy clubs.
In the late 1970s, Oakenfold’s music career began when he started helping Trevor Fung DJ soul music in a bar. In 1981, he and his friend Ian Paul moved to New York City, where he worked as a courier. At the same time, he and Paul will use false identities to sneak into the ballroom. After returning to London, Oakenfold became an A&R member of Champion Records and signed with artists such as Salt-N-Pepa and DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince. He also appeared in the BBC children’s TV show “Blue Peter” and became the initiator and agent of Run-DMC and Beastie Boys.
Rise to fame
Oakenfold broke into the mainstream in 1987 when he helped organize a sour house party at the Paradise Club in Charing Cross. These popular events continued for the rest of the decade, with more than 1,500 people attending on Monday night. Oakenfold then realized that he wanted to create a new place where artists could build their careers. Subsequently, he founded Perfecto Records in 1989. Oakenfold gained fame in the following years. In 1990, he worked with Andrew Weatherall, Steve Osborne and Terry Farley to produce two remixes and cover songs for the rock band Happy Mondays. The band was very impressed with this work and invited Oakenfold and Osborne to produce their third studio album “Pill’n’ Thrills and Bellyaches”. The album made its debut on the British charts and continued to win the Best British Producer Award for Okenford and Osborne.
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Further success
Oakenfold continued to produce a large number of popular mixes in the 90s and 00s. One of his successes is the remix of U2’s “Even Better Than the Real Thing”, which has a higher charts than the original song. He also collaborated with Steve Osborne and Ben Hiller on the Rolling Stones song “You Got Me Rocking” and Duran Duran’s song “Out of My Mind” was mixed. In 1994, Oakenfold produced a one-on-two-hour DJ episode for BBC Radio 1, which later became an album called “The Goa Mix”. Another popular DJ mix album “Perfecto Fluoro” came out in 1996.
In 1997, Oakenfold began to cooperate with the record company Global Underground. The first record he released for the label was his live recording in a club in Oslo, Norway. The following year, he released his DJ remix album “Tranceport”. Around this time, Okenford’s fame reached its peak. In 1998 and 1999, he was named the world’s top DJ by DJ Magazine. He signed a two-year contract for the residents of Liverpool Cream Club and released more remix albums for Global Underground. In 1999, Oakenfold became the first DJ ever to perform on the main stage of the Glastonbury Music Festival.
Immigrate to the U.S.
After success in Europe, Okenford moved to the United States. There, he hosted his first major event at Cyberfest 2000 in Fresno, California, and an estimated 80,000 people participated. In the second year, he participated in the first regional music festival tour with artists such as Incubus, OutKast and Roots. Oakenfold then participated in the Mekka Electronic Music Festival and then moved to Los Angeles to work in film scoring. In 2001, he produced the soundtrack for the action thriller “Swordfish”.
Studio album
After signing with Maverick, Oakenfold released his first studio album “Bunkka” in 2002. Leading singers such as Perry Farrell, Shifty Shellshock, Ice Cube and Nelly Furtado, the album is very popular and continues to sell 1,000,000 copies worldwide. Oakenfold’s second album “A Lively Mind” was released in 2006; it went on to be nominated for Best Electronic/Dance Album at the Grammy Awards. Oakenfold released his third studio album “Trance Mission” in 2014. Later, in 2021, he launched “Shine On”.
Further mixing and music venture capital
Among the many famous mixes of Oakenfold are David Arnold’s “James Bond theme”, “Transformers” theme, Britney Spears’s “Give Me More”, Justin Timberlake’s “My Love” and Hans Zimmer’s “Jack Theme Suite”. He also remixed countless songs by Madonna, including “Hollywood”, “American Life”, “Girl’s Feeling” and “Give It Two Mes”. He also participated in several of her world tours with Madonna. In total, Oakenfold has created more than 100 remixes and sold more than 5,000,000 LPs.
In 2008, Oakenfold started his first residency as a DJ in the United States, which he did at Rain Nightclub in Las Vegas. Later, in 2015, he began to lead Isina’s DJ and EDM singer departments, a global talent search and mentoring program.
