Leonid Radvinsky

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Leo Radvinsky
Леонід Радвінський
Born
Leonid Radvinsky

Template:Birth year and age[1]
Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
EducationNorthwestern University
Years active1999-present
Known forMajority owner of OnlyFans
Websitelr.com

Leonid Radvinsky[lower-alpha 1] is a United Kingdom-based[2] Ukrainian-American[3] billionaire businessman and computer programmer. He is the founder of the cam site MyFreeCams (through his holding company, MFCXY, Inc.),[4][5] and the majority owner of content subscription service OnlyFans.

Biography

Radvinsky was born in Odesa and his family later emigrated to Chicago when he was a child.[6] In 2002, he graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in economics.[7][8] He is Jewish.[9]

Radvinsky operates a venture capital fund called "Leo", founded in 2009,[7] which invests mainly in tech companies.[10] Notable investments include Israel-based B4X and the social networking software Pleroma.[8] Radvinsky is also a supporter of the Elixir programming language.[3]

He donated $5 million to Ukraine relief in 2022 as well a cancer charity, an animal-welfare organization, and a skin-disorder-research fund.[8]

Career

Early career

In 1999, when Radvinsky was 17 years old, he helped incorporate Cybertania Inc., a website referral business.[6] During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Radvinsky developed more than ten websites such as Password Universe, Working Passes and Ultra Passwords that claimed and were advertised to provide users with "illegal" and "hacked" passwords to porn sites, where he earned money for every click.[6][11] However, according to Forbes there wasn't any evidence suggesting the sites actually linked to illegal content.[12] Ultra Passwords reportedly earned $1.8 million a year in revenue during the 2000s.[8]

In 2004, he founded MyFreeCams, an adult streaming website.[6] The same year, Microsoft sued Radvinsky for allegedly sending millions of deceptive emails to Hotmail users, but the case was eventually dismissed.[13][14]

OnlyFans

In 2018, he bought a 75% stake in OnlyFans' parent company Fenix International Ltd. from its British founders Tim Stokely and his dad Guy Stokely.[5][15][16] After this, OnlyFans became increasingly focused on not safe for work (NSFW) content and "gained a pop culture reputation for being a hive of pornography".[15] OnlyFans had annual revenues in excess of $6.6 billion as of November 2023, with revenues growing 19% per year.[17] Radvinsky received $472 million in dividends from the website in 2023, up from $338 million and $284 million in 2022 and 2021, respectively.[18] As of March 2024, he had an estimated net worth of $3.0 billion, per Forbes' Real-Time Billionaire rankings.[19]

Political activity

In 2023, according to The Lever's reporting on private financial documents, Radvinsky and his spouse contributed $11 million to AIPAC, a pro-Israel lobbying group. When asked for comment, Radvinsky disputed the contribution.[20]

Notes


References


External links

  1. ↑ MR LEONID RADVINSKY.  Company Check Ltd.  Retrieved 2021-06-11 from link
  2. ↑ Lua error: bad argument #1 to "get" (not a valid title).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 About.  Leonid Radvinsky.  Retrieved 2021-06-11 from link
  4. ↑ Mfcxy, Inc. Company Profile.  D&B.  Retrieved 2021-07-02 from link
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lua error: bad argument #1 to "get" (not a valid title).
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Lua error: bad argument #1 to "get" (not a valid title).
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Profile: Leo Radvindky.  LinkedIn.  Retrieved 2021-06-12 from link
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky's quest to join the super-rich.  Business Insider.  Retrieved from link
  9. ↑ The World's Jewish Billionaires 2022.  Retrieved from link
  10. ↑ Leo.com.  Leo.com.  Retrieved 2021-06-11 from link
  11. ↑ Lua error: bad argument #1 to "get" (not a valid title).
  12. ↑ The Shady, Secret History Of OnlyFans' Billionaire Owner.  Thomas Brewster.  Retrieved 2024-09-02 from Forbes
  13. ↑ Lua error: bad argument #1 to "get" (not a valid title).
  14. ↑ Amazon.com, Microsoft Team Against Online Fraud.  (Sep 28, 2004)  Microsoft.  Retrieved 2021-07-02 from link
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Lua error: bad argument #1 to "get" (not a valid title).
  16. ↑ Lua error: bad argument #1 to "get" (not a valid title).
  17. ↑ Fenix International Limited - Filing History.  Retrieved 11 September 2024 from GOV.UK
  18. ↑ Fenix International Limited - Filing History.  Retrieved 11 September 2024 from GOV.UK
  19. ↑ The World's Real-Time Billionaires.  Retrieved 29 March 2024 from Forbes
  20. ↑ Inside The Israel Lobby's New $90 Million War Chest.  Retrieved 29 March 2024 from The Lever


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