OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky dies at 43

Leonid Radvinsky, the majority owner of OnlyFans, has died of cancer at age 43. He bought the platform in 2018 and turned it into a major direct-to-consumer content business.

OnlyFans lets creators charge users directly and takes a 20% fee. In 2024, it reported 4.6M creators, 377M users, and $1.4B in revenue. Radvinsky received about $1.8B in dividends since 2021.

He had been in talks to sell a 60% stake at a ~$5.5B valuation. Ownership questions now follow after his death.

The platform remains one of the largest monetization systems for online creators.

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