David Byrne has an estimated net worth of $45 million. Scottish born Byrne is prominent as a singer director, songwriter and musician.Currently residing in United States and is known as the founding member of American new wave band titled "The talking heads". He was part of Rock & Roll hall of fame and had received the prestigious Grammy Award.

He also received Oscar and Golden globe award that added to his richness. Byrne was born to an electronics engineer and had two siblings. He had interest in music from his childhood. He used to play phonograph and harmonica which according to his parents is self learned.

He started his music career in 1975 by pairing with his school-mate Mark Kehoe. They co-produced songs like "96 tears", "April Showers" and "Frank Sinatra". After some time he teamed up with Chris Frantz and formed a new group called "Talking heads" which was later joined by Jerry Harrison.

He is known for his hit songs like "And She was", "Burning Down the House" and "The road to nowhere".