Leonid Radvinsky, the owner of the adult content website OnlyFans, has died.
He was 43.
“We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Leo Radvinsky. Leo passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer,” the company said in a statement.
“His family have requested privacy at this difficult time,” it added.
OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky dies at 43 following secret cancer battle https://t.co/9ag8Zdvdw6 pic.twitter.com/kqrdmxGJu3
— New York Post (@nypost) March 23, 2026
TMZ shared further:
While Leo was born in Ukraine, he grew up in Chicago and graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor’s degree in economics.
In 2018, he took over OnlyFans as director and majority shareholder. According to the Daily Mail, the website largely accounted for his $4.7 billion estimated net worth.
According to the New York Post, Radvinsky’s cancer battle was largely unknown to the public.
“Over the course of five years, Radvinsky collected nearly $1.3 billion in dividends from OnlyFans,” the outlet stated.
🕊️ OnlyFans owner has died at 43.
What we know: https://t.co/93WFXnU30R pic.twitter.com/hjQheU1t3o
— TMZ (@TMZ) March 23, 2026
More from the New York Post:
Radvinsky acquired the lucrative business from British father and son duo Guy and Tim Stokely, who founded the platform in 2016, according to the Financial Times.
He purchased its parent company, Fenix International, for an undisclosed amount in 2018, the outlet reported.
Radvinsky, who lived in Sunny Isles Beach, a ritzy coastal city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, for the last several years, became the director and majority shareholder of the company.
His shares in the company have reportedly been held in a trust since then.
He was reportedly trying to sell his stake in the company for $8 billion — though he had trouble finding a bank to broker the deal.
London-based Fenix International was in talks last year over a potential acquisition by a group led by Forest Road, an LA-based investment bank and advisory firm, although the talks collapsed for unknown reasons.