- Source of Wealth: Music
- Age: 58
- Birth Place: La Mesa, California, United States
- Height: 6′ 0″ (1.83 m)
- Marital Status: Married (Pamela Anne Casselberry)
- Full Name: David Scott Mustaine
- Nationality: American
- Date of Birth: September 13, 1961
- Occupation: Musician, Singer-Songwriter, Producer, Actor, Author, Talent Manager
- Children: 2 (Electra Nicole, Justis David)
Dave Mustaine is a guitarist, song writer and vocalist whose net worth is currently estimated to be $20 million. This wealth includes things he owns in form of cars, homes and other assets. His primary source of income has been American thrash metal band Megadeth. He has also earned a substantial percentage of his total wealth from the band Metallica where he was the co-songwriter and lead guitarist until the year 1983.
Dave Mustaine prowess in playing metal guitar has been recognized in various forums which have either awarded him or put his name amongst the best metal guitarists. A book written in the year 2009 placed him as the best metal guitarist in a list of the 100 best guitarists. Another list of the greatest metal vocalists of all time placed him in position eighty nine. Furthermore, he is also the manager of a Canadian band known as Baptized in blood. He has also released his autobiography “Mustaine: a heavy metal memoir”.