How Much is Lisa Marie Presley Worth? Lisa Marie Presley in Net Worth 2026: Career Earnings & Assets

Many fans are curious about Lisa Marie Presley's financial success in April 2026. In this article, we dive deep into the assets and career highlights.

What Was Lisa Marie Presley's Net Worth?

In 2016, Lisa Marie made an amendment to her will that cut her mother, Priscilla, out of her estate. At this point, she named her children Benjamin and Riley as the trustees. Benjamin died by suicide in 2020. That left Riley as the sole trustee of an estate that includes a 15% share of all revenue generated by Elvis Presley Enterprises and 100% ownership of Graceland mansion. She is the sole trustee, but her younger half-siblings are also entitled to a share of the estate when they turn 18.

$35 Million Life Insurance

Lisa Marie Presley was an American actress and singer who had a net worth of -$10 million at the time of her death. Tragically, Lisa Marie Presley died on January 12, 2023, after suffering from a cardiac arrest. She was 54 years old. Lisa Marie was the only child born toElvis Presley. Like her father, she was an accomplished singer-songwriter in her own right. She was also known for being a former member of the Church of Scientology and for her marriages to Michael Jackson and Nicolas Cage.

Elvis died in 1977 at the age of 42. He left his entire estate to Lisa Marie. She was nine years old at the time. After years of profligate spending and being bilked by his longtime manager, ColonelTom Parker, Elvis was much less rich than you might assume. At the time of his death, Elvis was worth $5 million. After various estate taxes, debts, and other fees, the total amount left to Lisa Marie was just$1 million. That's the same as around $5 million in today's dollars. Since she was just 9, her mother, Priscilla, acted as sole executor of the estate for the next 16 years. Lisa Marie inherited the full estate in 1990 on her 25th birthday. Thanks to her mother's savvy financial maneuvering, Lisa Marie ended up inheriting$100 million, which is the same as around $220 million today. As we detail later in this article, Lisa Marie eventually sued a former business manager,alleging that he squandered most of her massive fortune. She claimed in a lawsuit that the trust fund had been whittled down to just$14,000by 2015. The business manager blamed Lisa Marie's own profligate spending, which had apparently pushed her estate in debt to the tune of $20 million by 2003, which he then had to dig her out of. Her lawsuit against the former business manager was put on hold due to COVID.

In the weeks and months after Lisa Marie's death, Priscilla contested the 2016 will amendments. This action reportedly infuriated Riley. Priscilla questioned the validity of the 2016 will because a) Lisa Marie's signature appeared different than it had in the past, and b) the name "Priscilla" was misspelled at least once in the documents.

At the same time, her ex-husband of 10 years, Michael Lockwood, alleged thatLisa Marie received around $100-200,000 per month from the Elvis Presley Enterprisestrust. Lockwood further claimed that Lisa Marie was exaggerating her true financial picture and that, in reality, she still controlled a very valuable trust that could be worth as much as $65 million and continued to own 15% of Elvis Presley Enterprises. Lisa Marie also owned Graceland itself. As we detail later in this article, owning Graceland has also been somewhat of a blessing and a curse financially. Lisa Marie and Michael Lockwood's divorce was finalized in March 2021, but a year later, Lockwood demanded Lisa Marie provide tax returns to the court because he believed she had secretly received $3-4 million as an advance to write a book about her father and relationship with Michael Jackson.

In the weeks after Lisa Marie's untimely death, it was reported that she had three life insurance policies, which apparently would pay a total of $35 million to her three surviving daughters.

You are probably wondering how Lisa Marie's net worth could have been negative at the time of her death. According to Lisa Marie herself, in recent years, she was drowning in as much as $17 million worth of debt. An ex-husband claimed that, in reality, she had access to much more wealth and that she was using her debt as a ploy to not pay him a significant child and spousal support. Below is a quick summary of Lisa's financial history from the age of 9 up to her death. We go into much more detail later in this article.

During a 2018 divorce court showdown,Lisa Marie claimed to be in debt to the tune of $16 million, including $1 million owed to the IRS. Her court filings claimed she controlled $714,775 worth of stocks and bonds and kept $85,266 in cash in a bank account. She further claimed to have roughly $92,000 worth of monthly expenses, including $23,500 for rent and $1,700 for the car payment on a Maserati.

In May 2023, Riley and Priscilla reached an undisclosed settlement that was believed to be primarily focused on the $35 million worth of life insurance payments.

In summary, the total wealth of Lisa Marie Presley reflects strategic moves.

Disclaimer: All net worth figures are estimates based on public data.