OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky has died at age 43 after a secret battle with cancer, the porn streaming platform has announced.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are deeply saddened to announce the death of Leo Radvinsky. Leo passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer,\u201d the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis family have requested privacy at this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n
OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky has died at age 43 after a secret battle with cancer. Leonid Radvinsky\/Facebook<\/p>\n
The Ukrainian-American entrepreneur acquired Fenix International, the company that owns and operates OnlyFans, in 2018, and remained a director and the majority shareholder at the company.<\/p>\n
His cancer battle was largely unknown to the public, and Radvinsky kept a famously low profile despite his status as a billionaire.<\/p>\n
He was a prominent donor to medical causes, and in 2024, he and his wife were major supporters of a $23 million grant program for cancer research through a gastrointestinal research foundation, according to a Wall Street Journal report<\/a>.<\/p>\n His wife, Katie Chudnovsky, who had sat on the board of the foundation for over a decade, spoke at the gala, appearing to allude to her husband\u2019s health battles.<\/p>\n \u201cBecause of the scientists behind the research we are funding, one miracle followed another,\u201d Chudnovsky said at the gala, as reported by the Wall Street Journal at the time.<\/p>\n \u201cThe advances will forever change the face of cancer treatment. And Leo\u2019s here tonight proving that science and miracles go hand in hand,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Sophie Rain is the top content creator on OnlyFans.<\/p>\n Born in Odesa to Jewish Ukrainian parents and raised outside Chicago, Radvinsky graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in economics before founding a venture capital fund named \u201cLeo\u201d that invested in tech companies.<\/p>\n As of March 10, Forbes estimated the Ukrainian-born businessman\u2019s net worth at a whopping $4.7 billion, making him one of the richest people in the world.<\/p>\n Over the course of five years, Radvinsky collected nearly $1.3 billion in dividends from OnlyFans, which has transformed the porn industry.<\/p>\n