Leonid Radvinsky, Who Changed Porn With OnlyFans, Dies at 43

Leonid Radvinsky, the reclusive billionaire owner of adult content platform OnlyFans, has died of cancer, the London-based company said on Monday. He was 43.

“We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Leo Radvinsky. Leo passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer,” the company said in an emailed statement. “His family have requested privacy at this difficult time.”

Radvinsky bought a majority stake in the platform in 2018 and turned it into a cultural phenomenon that reshaped the pornography industry by allowing creators to charge directly for their content. He owned the OnlyFans parent company, Fenix International Ltd., according to the company’s last filing in the UK.

His death comes at a time when Radvinsky was in talks to sell a majority stake in OnlyFans, a controversial user-generated platform that shot to prominence during Covid-era lockdowns. Founded in 2016 by British father and son Guy and Tim Stokely, OnlyFans hosted pornographic material forbidden on most social networks. During the pandemic, many adult film actors and sex workers turned to the platform for alternative sources of income.

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