The World’s Highest-Paid DJs Of 2018

Zedd on stage on July 27 in Kelowna, Canada. (Photo by Andrew Chin/Getty Images)

The first time Zedd toured professionally as a DJ, opening for Skrillex, his production setup consisted of little more than a laptop and a folding table. In the break between him and the next DJ, he’d simply loop a song and walk off the stage.

“That is not the thing anymore today,” Zedd told Forbes last fall. “Everything is really professional. From the changeover music–from what you hear and see, between each DJ...