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OnlyFans: Who is Leonid Radvinsky, the elusive owner of a porn empire? (www.bbc.com)

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 2 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

OnlyFans' profits have skyrocketed in the past year and news that its owner earned more than $300m (£238m) in dividends has ignited fresh questions about the pornography mogul.

According to his LinkedIn, Mr Radvinsky is a venture capital investor, philanthropist and technology entrepreneur who has "a special interest in emerging social media platforms".

On his own website, Mr Radvinsky says he has spent the last two decades "building software companies and contributing to the open source movement".

Prior to becoming the sole shareholder of OnlyFans' parent company, Fenix, he founded a website referral business called Cybertania.

Public records show investor and founder Guy Stokely resigned from OnlyFans' parent company, Fenix, in December 2021.

BBC News reported in 2021 that OnlyFans was failing to prevent underage users from selling and appearing in explicit videos.

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