Priscilla Presley is the former wife of late Elvis Presley, singing superstar and King of Rock n Roll. An actor and business magnate by profession, Priscilla has enjoyed success both in small and big screen. She first came into limelight for her relationship with Presley. Interestingly, despite being ten years younger to him, she managed to make him go weak on his knees right after their first meeting. The two shared eight years long courtship period before tying the nuptial knot. However, the marriage did not prosper and the two separated. It was only after her divorce that she commenced her career as an actor and business magnate. She starred in a couple of films, soap operas and television films. She also started her own line of fragrance and linens. Priscilla co-founded Elvis Presley Enterprises and served as its chairperson. The company was responsible for turning Graceland estate, home of Elvis Presley, into top tourist attraction in United States.
•Priscilla’s career did not start immediately following her studies. Instead she went into the wedlock with the singing sensation Elvis Presley who was popularly known as the King of Rock n Roll
•It was following her divorce with Presley in 1973 that she eventually started her career as a proprietor of Bis & Beau, a clothing boutique, along with friend and stylist Olivia Bis. The store was a major hit and had high-society clients including Cher, Lana Turner, Barbara Streisand and Natalie Wood. The store, however, shut down in 1976.
•Following Presley’s death in 1977, she served as the executor for his only heir, her daughter, Lisa Marie. The Graceland estate required a whooping amount of $500,000 as maintenance costs which limited Lisa Marie’s inheritance to merely $1 million. Due to financial constraints, selling Graceland estate was the only option before Priscilla. However, she did not succumb to the pressures and instead acted wisely.
•She took the risk of converting Graceland estate into a tourist attraction, a move which paid off handsomely. Opened to public on June 7, 1982, the estate came under Elvis Presley Enterprises of which she served as the president. Under her, the enterprise grew on to become a multi-million dollar trust.
•In 1988, she launched her own line of fragrance. She soon followed it up with her own range of linens. Meanwhile, she also produced a couple of films including ‘Breakfast with Einstein’ and ‘Finding Graceland’. In 2000, she was appointed to the board of directors of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.