Mike Shinoda

Mike Shinoda Net Worth

Mike Shinoda Net Worth: Mike Shinoda is an American musician and record producer, and artist best known as a member of the alternative rock band Linkin Park who has a net worth of $23 million dollars. Mike Shinoda was born on February 11, 1977 in the Los Angeles suburb of Agoura Hills, California where he started classical piano lessons when he was six years old. When he was 13, Shinoda moved towards playing jazz, blues and hip hop. He attended Agoura High School where he met and formed the band Xero with future Linkin Park bandmates Brad Delson and Rob Bourdon. Shinoda has a bachelor's degree in graphic design from the Art Center College of Design. He has had a hand in most of Linkin Park's imagery, including album artwork, band merchandise, web design, and on-stage production art. Shinoda and his bandmates officially formed Linkin Park in 1996. They released their debut album, "Hybrid Theory" in 2000 and rose to international fame. In 2003, Linkin Park released "Meteora" which topped the Billboard 200 album chart. Shinoda formed a side project named Fort Minor between 2003 and 2004 to showcase more of his hip-hop background than he could in the rock band Linkin Park.