Dan Bilzerian’s Net Worth in 2026

Dan Bilzerian’s net worth is not public, and the published estimates disagree by more than $100 million. As of October 2026, Celebrity Net Worth puts it at about $100 million (updated 15 July 2026) and MoneyMade at $200 million (updated 28 April 2026), while Bilzerian’s own sworn House candidate disclosure of 10 July 2026 lists assets that he values at well over $200 million. The figure most sites copied for years, $310 million, has no traceable source and is not used here.

This page sets out where the money is said to come from, which numbers are on the record and which are claims, and what changed between 2023 and 2026. Searchers often spell the name “Dan Blizerian”, which is why this page sits at that address; the correct spelling is Bilzerian. Updated October 2026: every figure below is dated and linked to its source.

Dan Bilzerian’s net worth at a glance

A fair reading of those numbers is a range of roughly $100 million to $200 million. Where you land depends mostly on one question: do you accept Bilzerian’s own $146 million value for his stake in Ignite International, a company that has had no public share price since August 2022?

Early life

Daniel Brandon Bilzerian was born on 7 December 1980 in Tampa, Florida, according to IMDb and his Wikipedia biography. His father, Paul Bilzerian, was a 1980s corporate raider who was convicted of securities fraud in 1989 in the Southern District of New York, a conviction the US Justice Department still cites in its 2024 filings. Adam Bilzerian, his younger brother, is also a poker player. The family is of Armenian descent, and Dan has held Armenian citizenship alongside his US citizenship since 2018.

After enlisting in the US Navy he went into SEAL training but did not complete it. According to his IMDb biography, he was dropped from the programme for a safety violation shortly before graduation and received an honourable discharge. A VA pension of $5,001 to $15,000 in each reporting period appears on his 2026 House disclosure, the only line on it tied to his military service.

After the Navy he studied business and criminology at the University of Florida. IMDb’s biography says he left college to focus on poker and on funding start-up companies, so treat claims that he “graduated” from Florida with caution.

The trust fund question

Much of the debate about Bilzerian’s money starts with his father. Celebrity Net Worth reports that Paul Bilzerian set up trust funds and offshore structures for his sons before his own financial collapse, and that this money is widely believed to have paid for Dan’s early lifestyle. Bilzerian has long attributed his wealth chiefly to poker. Neither version can be checked from public records, so both are presented here as what they are: reporting on one side and his own account on the other.

Poker

Bilzerian’s only recorded tournament cash came in the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event, not 2008 as older versions of this page said. He finished 180th out of 6,494 entries and won $36,626, according to the player databases at PokerNews and Card Player. Joe Cada won that Main Event and $8,547,042. ESPN’s coverage of the 2009 event featured Dan and his brother Adam, who were drawn at the same table.

Everything else rests on his own word. In November 2013 he posted that he had won $10.8 million in a single night, and he later said he won about $50 million playing poker in 2014. Both claims involve private cash games that leave no public record, and PokerNews wrote in April 2026 that professionals in the poker community dispute his wealth claims. His 2026 disclosure is the first sworn document on the subject: it lists poker winnings of $100,001 to $1,000,000 for 2025 and the same band again for January to mid-April 2026. That is real money, but far below the eight-figure annual sums he has described.

He still turns up at the tables. PokerNews reports that he played the 2024 WSOP Main Event and was knocked out after two hands, that he has appeared on the Hustler Casino Live stream (IMDb lists a 2021 appearance) and that he was once a GGPoker ambassador.

If the private-game stories interest you, our piece on Molly Bloom, who ran some of the best-known high-stakes games in Los Angeles and New York, covers that world, and four of the most exciting poker tournament moments shows what a televised Main Event run looks like. For how the game itself works at a live dealer table, see our live poker guide.

Film and Instagram

Bilzerian’s screen career is short and mostly made of small parts. IMDb lists the following credits:

The old version of this page listed “Car Run 2”; the film is Cat Run 2. Acting has never been a major income source. His 2026 disclosure reports movie residuals of $1,001 to $2,500 for the current period and $2,501 to $5,000 for the year before.

Instagram is where the brand was built. His account, @danbilzerian, showed 29 million followers and 1,380 posts on 6 October 2026, down from the 32.5 million this page quoted in 2022 and the 31.4 million cited in his November 2024 lawsuit. The yachts, jets, guns and parties on that feed made him one of the platform’s best-known personal brands in the mid-2010s, and the audience became the marketing engine for Ignite. No public record shows what he earns from sponsored posts, so any figure you see for that is a guess.

Business ventures and Ignite

Ignite International Brands was Bilzerian’s main business. It sold vapes, CBD and other consumer products under his name and image, and he was its public face and chief executive. The company listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the ticker BILZ, and its shares also traded over the counter in the US as BILZF from January 2019.

Revenue, losses and going private

Ignite reported revenue of $78.8 million for 2021, up from $16.9 million in 2020, in its own results releases. Shareholders then approved a going-private transaction on 24 August 2022, based on a 100,000-to-1 share consolidation, and the company applied to delist from the CSE, with trading halted from 29 August 2022. The July 2022 going-private announcement said Bilzerian would own about 64.9% of the subordinate voting shares, assuming conversion of all proportionate voting shares. Since then there has been no market price for Ignite stock.

Regulators and the Bilzerian family

On 27 September 2024 the US Securities and Exchange Commission charged Ignite, Paul Bilzerian (described by the SEC as a recidivist who controls Ignite’s finances and operations) and six other defendants, among them former Ignite executives Paul Dowdall, Scott Rohleder and John Schaefer, alleging that about $5 million of disposable vape pen sales booked in the fourth quarter of 2020 did not exist. In the same week a federal grand jury in Los Angeles indicted Paul Bilzerian, Ignite and accountant Scott Rohleder, alleging a scheme from December 2018 to September 2024 to keep assets away from the SEC, which is still trying to collect a decades-old judgment. The Bilzerian named in the SEC complaint, and the one the SEC wants barred from serving as an officer or director, is Paul; Dan Bilzerian is not among the SEC’s defendants and was not charged in the criminal case, where the indictment refers to him only by his initials. The Justice Department’s case page says the defendants pleaded not guilty and, in its most recent update (May 2026), lists no verdict. Allegations in a complaint or indictment are not findings of guilt.

Leaving Ignite

Bilzerian is no longer in charge. According to the lawsuit he filed in November 2024 in the US District Court for the District of Nevada, he served as CEO until December 2023, when he was terminated, and he was removed as chairman on 2 June 2024 without what he says was the required 67% shareholder vote. He sued Ignite, his father, Rohleder and Rupy Dhadwar, claiming that the company kept using his name and likeness after his exit. These are allegations in his complaint, not findings by a court.

Other businesses and the book

Bilzerian published an autobiography, The Setup, in 2021. His 2026 disclosure also lists Bilzerian Entertainment LLC (100% owned, valued at $5 million to $25 million), stakes in small Las Vegas ventures such as Protocol HRT and Sigma Society that had produced no return as of June 2026, and a gain of $1 million to $5 million from selling shares in SkyFi.

Dan Bilzerian’s net worth now (October 2026)

The best evidence available in 2026 is his own House Financial Disclosure Report, filed on 10 July 2026 as a Republican candidate for Florida’s 6th congressional district and covering 1 January 2025 to 15 April 2026. Candidates report assets in value bands, not exact figures, and nobody audits the numbers.

Two lines carry almost all of the value. Celebrity Net Worth calculates that about $196 million of the total comes from the Ignite stake and the personal property line, and both are hard to check. The Ignite shares have had no public price since 2022, and the company is a defendant in federal criminal and SEC cases. The over-$50 million figure for furniture, art and jewelry is also his own estimate.

Set against that, the house alone has a public trail. According to Celebrity Net Worth, he bought it in 2018 for $8.5 million, listed it for $25 million in 2024 and cut the asking price to $19.9 million in 2025, while the mortgage on the disclosure could be as large as $25 million. Strip out the Ignite valuation and the personal property line, and the remaining disclosed assets add up to tens of millions, not hundreds.

The 2026 congressional run

Bilzerian filed with the Federal Election Commission on 7 April 2026 to challenge Representative Randy Fine in the Republican primary for Florida’s 6th district, which covers Palm Coast and Daytona Beach. Fine, endorsed by President Trump, won the 18 August 2026 primary with about 57% of the vote; Bilzerian finished second with roughly 18% to 19%. House leaders from both parties condemned an AI-generated campaign video in which Bilzerian attacked Fine’s Jewish identity, as reported by the Washington Examiner and Israel Hayom. The run matters to this page mainly because it produced the sworn disclosure above.

How to read any celebrity net worth figure

1. Check the date. A 2022 number says nothing about 2026, especially after a company goes private.
2. Look for the source of the biggest asset. Here it is a private stake valued by the owner.
3. Subtract the debts. The disclosure lists at least $5.25 million in liabilities and possibly much more.
4. Separate claims from records. Private-game winnings and self-valued assets are claims; tournament results and filed documents are records.

Key takeaways

• Estimates, not facts: published figures run from about $100 million (Celebrity Net Worth, July 2026) to $200 million (MoneyMade, April 2026); his own disclosure claims more on paper.
• The $310 million figure is gone: it had no named source and does not match any 2026 estimate.
• Poker on record is small: one tournament cash of $36,626 in the 2009 WSOP Main Event; his reported 2025 poker winnings were between $100,001 and $1 million.
• Ignite is the big unknown: it went private in 2022, he says he was pushed out in 2023 and 2024, and the company and his father face federal charges in which Dan is not a defendant.
• The audience is still large: 29 million Instagram followers as of 6 October 2026.

The image of a gambler winning tens of millions a night is part of the brand, not a blueprint. Poker and casino games carry a house edge or rake, and most players lose over time. If gambling has stopped being fun, the National Problem Gambling Helpline is free and confidential at 1-800-MY-RESET (1-800-697-3738).

Frequently asked questions

How much is Dan Bilzerian worth in 2026?

Nobody knows exactly. Third-party estimates range from about $100 million (Celebrity Net Worth, updated 15 July 2026) to $200 million (MoneyMade, updated 28 April 2026). His own House candidate disclosure, filed 10 July 2026, lists assets he values at more than $200 million, mostly Ignite shares and personal property that have not been independently valued.

How did Dan Bilzerian make his money?

He credits poker, mainly private high-stakes cash games, though those winnings are unverified. His public income streams have been Ignite International, the vape and CBD company he fronted, plus his Instagram audience. Celebrity Net Worth reports that trust funds set up by his father are widely believed to have paid for his early lifestyle, while Bilzerian has attributed his wealth mainly to poker.

How much has Dan Bilzerian won playing poker?

The only recorded tournament cash is $36,626 for finishing 180th in the 2009 WSOP Main Event, according to PokerNews and Card Player. Claims of $10.8 million in one night in 2013 and about $50 million in 2014 are his own and unverified. Sworn figures are smaller: the 2026 disclosure lists poker winnings of $100,001 to $1,000,000 for 2025.

Did Dan Bilzerian complete Navy SEAL training?

No. He entered SEAL training after enlisting in the Navy but was dropped shortly before graduation for a safety violation, according to his IMDb biography. An honourable discharge followed, and his 2026 disclosure lists a VA pension.

Is Dan Bilzerian still the CEO of Ignite?

No. In a lawsuit filed in Nevada federal court in November 2024, Bilzerian says he was terminated as CEO in December 2023 and removed as chairman on 2 June 2024. Ignite went private and left the Canadian Securities Exchange in August 2022.

Was Dan Bilzerian charged in the Ignite fraud case?

No. In September 2024 the SEC charged Ignite, his father Paul Bilzerian and others over about $5 million of alleged fake 2020 sales, and a Los Angeles grand jury indicted Paul Bilzerian, Ignite and accountant Scott Rohleder. Dan Bilzerian is not a defendant in the SEC case (the Bilzerian it names is his father, Paul) and was not charged in the criminal case; the criminal defendants pleaded not guilty.

How many Instagram followers does Dan Bilzerian have?

His @danbilzerian account showed 29 million followers on 6 October 2026, down from about 32.5 million in 2022.

Did Dan Bilzerian run for Congress?

Yes. He filed on 7 April 2026 to challenge Representative Randy Fine in the Republican primary for Florida’s 6th district. Fine won the 18 August 2026 primary with about 57% of the vote, and Bilzerian finished second with roughly 18% to 19%.

What did Dan Bilzerian's dad do?

His father, Paul Bilzerian, was a 1980s corporate raider who was convicted of securities fraud in 1989 in the Southern District of New York. In September 2024 the SEC filed a civil complaint against him, Ignite and others, and a Los Angeles grand jury indicted him, Ignite and accountant Scott Rohleder; the defendants pleaded not guilty, and the Justice Department listed no verdict as of May 2026.

Who is Dan Bilzerian's brother?

Adam Bilzerian, his younger brother, who is also a poker player. ESPN’s coverage of the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event featured both brothers, who were drawn at the same table.