OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky dies at 43

“We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Leo Radvinsky. Leo passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer,” an OnlyFans spokesperson said. “His family have requested privacy at this difficult time.”

Radvinsky’s cause of death was confirmed as cancer. Multiple outlets reported that he had been battling the disease before his death on March 23, 2026. 

He succumbed to the illness after a prolonged struggle, which had been kept fairly private, consistent with his preference for staying out of the media spotlight.

Radvinsky, a Ukrainian-American entrepreneur, acquired Fenix International Limited, the parent company of OnlyFans, in 2018 and served as its director and majority shareholder. 

He was a director and the majority shareholder of the company which was originally started in 2016 by the British businessman Tim Stokely.

The entrepreneur and owner of OnlyFans had an estimated net worth of $3.8 billion to $7.8 billion as of late 2025. 

Since acquiring the platform in 2018, he has earned over $1 billion in dividends, reflecting OnlyFans’ explosive growth under his leadership. 

His wealth came primarily from the platform’s subscription-based model, which revolutionised online content creation and made Radvinsky one of the wealthiest private tech entrepreneurs globally.

The company generated $1.4bn in revenue from more than £7bn transactions and had more than 377 million subscribers in 2024, according to its most recent Companies House filing.

About 4.6 million creators were posting to the site that year, it said.

Creators share a range of content from cooking to fitness videos, but it is best known for pornography and the way it encourages creators and fans to connect through livestreams, personalised messages, and direct requests for custom-made photos and videos.

Over the years, the company faced scrutiny over how it polices content and users on its site, who in theory must be 18 or over.

Besides Fenix, Radvinsky also ran Leo, a venture capital fund he founded in 2009 that focuses primarily on investments in technology companies.

He was born in Ukraine and grew up in Chicago.