The owner of OnlyFans, a site known for its adult content that is credited with revolutionising the online porn industry, has died at the age of 43.

Leonid Radvinsky, who was born in Ukraine and grew up in Chicago, had purchased the company in 2018 from its two UK-based founders.

The site’s popularity surged during the Covid-19 pandemic, landing him on Forbes’ annual list of billionaires just three years later.

He “passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer,” OnlyFans confirmed in a statement, which asked for privacy for his family.

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    3 days ago

    He did a lot to raise both funding and awareness for hiv/aids research and absolutely benefited from the finest, most cutting edge treatment our healthcare system has possibly ever provided to anyone. That was available to him at the time and not the people his charities would eventually serve because of his massive fortune. Can you really not see the point dude was making? Didn’t say anything remotely judgmental about him either