- Source of Wealth: Music
- Age: 36
- Birth Place: Columbia, Missouri, United States
- Height: 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Weight: 161 lbs (73 kg)
- Marital Status: Single
- Full Name: Andrew Wells VanWyngarden
- Nationality: American
- Date of Birth: February 1, 1983
- Ethnicity: English, little over 1/8th Dutch, small amounts of German, Swiss-German, Scottish, Irish, and French
- Occupation: Musician, Songwriter, Singer
- Education: Wesleyan University, Lausanne Collegiate School
Andrew VanWyngarden’s net worth is estimated to be $12 million. He is an American songwriter, guitar player and lead vocalist for the MGMT Band. Andrew VanWyngarden was born on February 1, 1983, in Columbia Missouri and was raised in Memphis, Tennessee.
His passion for music developed as a child. He was in a band, “Accidental Mersh” in high school. The group released two albums. He met bandmate, Ben Goldwasser in Wesleyan College, from where he graduated and shifted his career choice from sciences to focus on music.
MGMT Band has two Grammy Nominations. They have released two albums and have an upcoming third album. In 2006, Columbia Records signed them. In 2008, the NME’s Cool List placed Andrew VanWyngarden at number 3 below Alicia Glass and Jay-Z. He came up with MGMT’s album title, “Congratulations” in 2010. Apart from working with MGMT, he is part of Blikk Fang, which is a duo he performs in with Kevin Barnes from Of Montreal.