- Source of Wealth: Music
- Age: 70
- Birth Place: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Height: 6′ 0″ (1.83 m)
- Marital Status: Married (Kitty Aldridge)
- Full Name: Mark Freuder Knopfler
- Nationality: British
- Date of Birth: August 12, 1949
- Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish, English
- Occupation: Musician, Songwriter, Record producer, Film score composer
- Education: University of Leeds, Gosforth Grammar School
- Children: 4 (Benji, Joseph, Katya Ruby Rose, Isabella)
Mark Knopfler, the former lead vocalist and guitarist of Dire Straits has an estimated net worth of $95 million. He was born in Glasgow, though he grew up in Newcastle. He has just moved into his new terraced house in Chelsea, which he bought for more than £9m and then refurbished.
Since Dire Straits disbanded in 1995, he has had considerable success as a solo artist.In 2010, he performed at 80 concerts in North America, the UK and Europe. Straitjacket Songs, his company, had net assets of £7.8m in 2009-10.