Megadeth Members Net Worth: Who is the richest member of Megadeth?

One of the “big four” of American thrash metal bands, Megadeth is also the band in the world that helped change the taste of metal music along with its history. So, what about how their lives changed? Let’s see Megadeth members’ net worth so far.

Formed in 1983, right after Dave Mustaine was fired from Metallica, Megadeth has almost completed 40 years on stage, even though there was also a little time-out. The band’s temporary disbandment happened when David Mustaine suffered an arm injury. But after their timeout was over in 2004, the members of the beloved heavy metal band came back to the stages without its bassist David Ellefson this time.

Throughout its ongoing career, Megadeth also had some other member changes along the way. And now, the regarded metal band’s current members are Dave Mustaine as the lead vocal and guitarist, Kiko Loureiro as the guitarist and back vocalist, and Dirk Verbeuren as the drummer.

So, let’s see how much the Megadeth members’ net worth until today.

Megadeth Members Net Worth

Megadeth released 6 live albums, 6 video albums, 7 compilation albums, and 15 studio albums along with many more amazing works beside them. Throughout its almost 4-decades-lasted career, Megadeth became one of the biggest thrash metal bands worldwide selling almost 40 million records all around the world. As its members recently announced that they have worked on their sixteenth album titled The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead!, Megadeth had released its debut album titled Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good! back in 1985. And its latest and fifteenth studio album Dystopia was released in 2016.

On the other side of Megadeth’s career, the heavy metal band crowned its efforts for the name of metal music with a Grammy Award for their hit Dystopia in the Best Metal Performance category, as the band also had been nominated for twelve Grammy along with their way.

During their long-lasted and successful career, let’s look at Megadeth members’ net worth today.

David Ellefson Net Worth: $15 Million

As the co-founder and bassist of Megadeth, David Ellefson had a long career with Megadeth although they had two breakups on their way. After he quit the band in 2002, he came back again in 2010 and stayed put until he got fired this year. So although there were years he had been apart from the band, Ellefson still could manage to perform in almost entire albums of the band except for The System Has Failed, United Abominations, and Endgame.

After he had got fired, David Ellefson formed his own band named The Lucid. On the other side, he only released one solo album, Sleeping Giants, during his ongoing career with Megadeth in 2019. In addition, Ellefson also worked with other famous names throughout his career, such as Killing Machine, F5, Soulfly, Tim “Ripper” Owens, and Metal Allegiance.

And today, Megadeth’s former member David Ellefson’s net worth seems to be $15 million.

Dirk Verbeuren Net Worth: $5 Million

Best known as the former drummer of Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork, Dirk Verbeuren left the band to join Megadeth as its full-time drummer as of 2016.

Although he couldn’t be a part of any Megadeth albums yet, he’s been working with the band to release the band’s upcoming sixteenth album as also his debut album, as well.

And today, Megadeth member Dirk Verbeuren’s net worth seems to be $5 million.

Kiko Loureiro Net Worth: $20 Million

Even though he had started his career very early as he was only a young boy, the talented musician Kiko Loureiro’s Megadeth journey has started as its guitarist in 2015, as a replacement for the former member Chris Broderick. During his career with the beloved metal band, Loureiro performed in only one album of Megadeth, which is the band’s latest album Dystopia.

On the other side, debuting with No Gravity in 2005, the talented musician released 5 solo studio albums. Ultimately, Loureiro’s latest and fifth solo album titled Open Source was released in 2020. In addition to his rock/metal successes, Loureiro also performed on several Eurobeat songs in collaboration with Dave Rodgers, such as Ring of Fire, The Road is on Fire and Fevernova.

And today, Megadeth member Kiko Loureiro’s net worth seems to be $20 million.

Dave Mustaine Net Worth: $40 Million

The co-founder of the thrash metal band, Dave Mustaine, was actually the lead guitarist of Metallica before he’d got fired and formed Megadeth. As the vocalist, primary songwriter, and guitarist of the band, Mustaine also appeared in every album of the beloved metal band Megadeth.

Throughout his career, Mustaine also worked with his former band Metallica, co-writing its Kill ‘Em All and Ride The Lightning and performing in its band’s compilation album, Cliff ‘Em All, outside of his career with Megadeth.

On the other side, the talented star is also known for his passionate love for cars as well, as he seems to be spending the fortune he earned with the band on a huge car collection that includes a 2006 Bentley Continental GT, 2006 Aston Martin Vanquish S, Mercedes CLS500, along with many more car.

And today, Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine‘s net worth seems to be $40 million, as he gets to be the richest Megadeth member.