- Source of Wealth: Music
- Age: 57
- Birth Place: San Francisco, California, United States
- Marital Status: Single
- Full Name: Michael F. Wilton
- Nationality: American
- Date of Birth: February 23, 1962
- Occupation: Musician (Guitarist and Songwriter)
- Education: Cornish College of the Arts
American guitarist, Michael Wilton has an estimated net worth of $15 million. Michael Wilton is widely recognized as the main guitarist, and since 1998, the lead vocalist for the rock band, Queensryche. He also performs with a side project called, My Sister’s Machine. He became famous as The Whip because of the speed that his fingers “whip” around the guitar fretboard.
Wilton became the guitarist of the progressive metal band Queensrÿche after DeGarmo left in 1998. He eventually performed most of the songs that once featured DeGarmo doing the main solo live. This includes The Mission, En Force, I Am I, Take Hold of the Flame, Best I Can, Bridge, The Killing Words, The Lady Wore Black, Anybody Listening?, and Silent Lucidity, amongst others. After the band’s American Soldier tour in the year 2009, Wilton was able to take over all of the solos.