Actress Riley Keough, the granddaughter of legendary singer Elvis Presley, has an estimated net worth of $20 million as of 2024, per Celebrity Net Worth. The actress released her mother, Lisa Presley's memoir, From Here to the Great Unknown, on October 8. While speaking with People magazine, the actress revealed she tried her best to "reveal the core of who she was."
Lisa Marie Presley died on January 12, 2023, at the age of 54, from a cardiac arrest caused by a small bowel obstruction from a gastric bypass surgery she had undergone previously. After her passing, Riley Keough took it upon herself to complete her mother's memoir. She did so by using her mother's prerecorded tapes.
Riley Keough became the sole trustee of her mother's estate
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Riley became the sole inheritor of her mother's Graceland estate, including Elvis Presley's once-home, the Memphis mansion, the surrounding grounds, as well as the Meditation Garden where Elvis is buried. Furthermore, she also holds a 15% stake in Elvis Presley Enterprises (EPE), which retains rights to Elvis's intellectual property.
Notably, Riley only has full controlling power over the Graceland estate until her twin half-sisters, Harper and Finley come of age. Her brother died by suicide in 2020, leaving her as the sole trustee upon their mother's passing. As such, the property is held in a trust, rendering her unable to sell it or make major changes to it without her co-trustee's permission.
Furthermore, as an actress renowned for her work on Daisy Jones & the Six, Riley Keough reportedly nabbed about $1.5 million for the Amazon Prime Video series, which comes down to around $150,000 per episode, as reported by Cosmopolitan in May 2024.
Riley Keough reflects on writing her late mother's memoir
In speaking with People Magazine about the book, the 35-year-old actress revealed what her goal was while completing her late mother's book:
"Because my mother was Elvis Presley’s daughter, she was constantly talked about, argued over, and dissected. What she wanted to do in her memoir, and what I hope I’ve done in finishing it for her, is to go beneath the magazine headline idea of her and reveal the core of who she was. To turn her into a three-dimensional human being: the best mother, a wild child, a fierce friend, an underrated artist, frank, funny, traumatized, joyous, grieving, everything that she was throughout her remarkable life. I want to give voice to my mother in a way that eluded her while she was alive.”
Riley Keough continued, reflecting on the tapes she had to use to draw from her mother's memory:
"The tapes are an incredible portrait of the force of nature that she was. Depending on the day and her mood, she can sound locked-in or distracted, vulnerable and open or annoyed and closed off, hopeful, angry, everything. You hear her in all her complications.”
She concluded by expressing her hopes and desires for people to see her mother the way she does.
"I hope that in an extraordinary circumstance, people relate to a very human experience of love, heartbreak, loss, addiction and family. [My mom] wanted to write a book in the hopes that someone could read her story and relate to her, to know that they’re not alone in the world. Her hope with this book was just human connection. So that’s mine.”
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In the book, Riley Keough reveals that her desire is for people to understand that her mother was a "three-dimensional character" capable of flaw; someone who had a "burning desire to tell her story," and to "understand herself and be understood by others in full."
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