Where Is Jeffrey Epstein’s Money Now? What Happened to His $600 Million Estate
Jeffrey Epstein spent decades accumulating and building beautiful homes and amassing wealth through means that were never fully investigated or explained. But where is Epstein’s money now?
Jeffrey Epstein died in a federal jail cell in August 2019 with an estate valued at roughly $600 million. By early 2026 that number had shrunk to approximately $131 million after paying out over $160 million to victims, settling with the U.S. Virgin Islands government for $105 million, and selling off all five of his properties around the world.The question of where that money went after his death is still not fully resolved.
Who Inherited Jeffrey Epstein’s Money and Houses?
Two days before he died, Epstein signed a 32-page document called the 1953 Trust distributing his estate. Here is who he named:
- Karyna Shuliak, his girlfriend: $100 million in cash plus the majority of his properties, including his Manhattan townhouse, his Paris apartment, his private islands in the U.S. Virgin Islands, his New Mexico ranch, and a 32-carat diamond ring valued at $1.2 million.
- Darren Indyke, his personal lawyer: $50 million.
- Richard Kahn, his in-house accountant: $25 million.
- Ghislaine Maxwell, his longtime associate: $10 million. Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year federal prison sentence for conspiring with Epstein to sexually abuse teenage girls.
- Mark Epstein, his brother: $10 million.
- Martin Nowak, a Harvard mathematics professor: $5 million.
The trust names approximately 40 beneficiaries in total. Several names remain redacted in the publicly released documents and have not been disclosed.
Will They Actually Get the Money?
Almost certainly not in full, and possibly not at all, as U.S. and French authorities have moved to freeze the estate. (Epstein’s only home outside the U.S. was in Paris.)
Moreover, according to a February 2026 report by the New York Times, a lawyer for Epstein’s estate stated that no named beneficiary will receive any money “unless and until all creditors and claims on the estate have first been satisfied in full, including claims for compensation made by women who suffered abuse.”
The Epstein Victims’ Compensation Fund has already paid out over $160 million to more than 100 victims. The estate also settled with the U.S. Virgin Islands government for $105 million. After taxes, legal fees, and those settlements, the estate that was once valued at $600 million had shrunk to approximately $131 million as of early 2026.
Whether anything remains for named beneficiaries after all outstanding claims are resolved is unclear.