OnlyFans Owner Leonid Radvinsky Dies at 43 After Cancer Battle

We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Leo Radvinsky. Leo passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer," OnlyFans said in a statement. "His family have requested privacy at this difficult time." Radvinsky was 43.

A Ukrainian-American entrepreneur, Radvinsky acquired Fenix International Limited, the parent company of OnlyFans, in 2018 and served as its director and majority shareholder. Born in Ukraine, he grew up in Chicago and studied economics at Northwestern University, where he was his class valedictorian. Earlier in his career, Radvinsky created a website called MyFreeCams, which was a pioneer in letting people pay for explicit content online.

In 2018, Radvinsky bought a 75% stake in OnlyFans' parent company Fenix International Ltd. from its British founders Tim Stokely and his father Guy Stokely. OnlyFans, founded in 2016 by British entrepreneur Tim Stokely, surged in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic as lockdowns drove creators and consumers online, turning the subscription-based platform into a mainstream source of income and entertainment globally.

Under Radvinsky's ownership, OnlyFans grew from about 350,000 content creators in 2019 to 4.6 million in 2024, according to regulatory filings, while the company's revenue soared to $1.4 billion in 2024, up from about $59 million in 2019. The growing popularity of OnlyFans bolstered Radvinsky's fortunes, with the company paying him about $1.8 billion in dividends since 2021, Bloomberg News reported. Forbes estimated his net worth at $4.7 billion at the time of his death, while The Guardian had placed it at approximately $3.8 billion as of May 2025.

Radvinsky also ran Leo, a venture capital fund he founded in 2009 that focused primarily on investments in technology companies. In 2024, Radvinsky and his wife were both major public supporters of a $23 million grant program for cancer research, announced at a gastrointestinal research foundation gala. He had also donated $5 million to Ukraine relief in 2022, along with contributions to a cancer charity, an animal-welfare organization, and a skin-disorder-research fund.

Radvinsky died days before the world found out, according to his friend Andy Bachm, CEO of Creators Inc., who told the New York Post that Leo passed "a few days" before the news became public and that there was "no interruption to the business" as a result.

The company's future ownership remains an open question. Reuters reported in January that OnlyFans was exploring the sale of a majority stake to investment firm Architect Capital in a deal valuing the company at about $5.5 billion, including debt. No update on those negotiations has been issued following Radvinsky's death. He is survived by his wife and four children.