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OnlyFans owner pockets $700m in dividends before death as stake sale values platform at $3.2bn
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OnlyFans owner pockets $700m in dividends before death as stake sale values platform at $3.2bn

FT reports that OnlyFans’ owner Leonid Radvinsky received more than $700 million in dividends before his death this spring, including $535 million in 2025 and a further $174 million post-year; a stake sale to Architect Capital valued the company at about $3.2 billion. For 2025 the platform posted $1.6 billion in revenue, about 5 million creator accounts with $6.2 billion paid to creators that year (roughly $30 billion since 2016), and is now controlled by a family trust led by Radvinsky’s widow; the business employs 47 people in the UK-based operation.

Billionaire Behind OnlyFans Dies at 43 After Cancer Battle
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Billionaire Behind OnlyFans Dies at 43 After Cancer Battle

Leonid Radvinsky, the Ukrainian-born billionaire who built OnlyFans into a global platform after acquiring it in 2018, died at 43 following a long cancer battle. Forbes valued his net worth at about $4.7 billion. Under his ownership, OnlyFans grew from roughly 350,000 creators in 2019 to 4.6 million in 2024 and generated about $1.4 billion in revenue that year, with the company paying him roughly $1.8 billion in dividends since 2021.

OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky dies at 43 after cancer battle
business5 months ago

OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky dies at 43 after cancer battle

Leonid Radvinsky, the Ukrainian-born entrepreneur who bought OnlyFans in 2018 and helped grow it into a global platform, died at 43 after a long battle with cancer. Under his ownership, OnlyFans expanded to hundreds of millions of subscribers and about $1.4bn in 2024 revenue, while regulators scrutinized its content and age‑verification safeguards; Forbes valued his net worth at about $4.7bn. He lived in Florida, had explored a sale of the company last year, and supported philanthropy including Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

OnlyFans owner dies at 43, ending a controversial tech saga
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OnlyFans owner dies at 43, ending a controversial tech saga

Leonid Radvinsky, the Ukrainian-American billionaire who built OnlyFans by acquiring a majority stake via Fenix International in 2018, has died at 43 after a cancer battle, the company announced. OnlyFans, UK-based but profitable in the US, has paid creators more than $25 billion and generated about $7.2 billion from fans in the past year, with a record $701 million in dividends paid to him last year. Radvinsky had explored a multibillion-dollar sale and a 2022 IPO that never materialized, and his shares have been held in a trust since 2024. The company asked for privacy for his family during this difficult time.