The firm also said\u00a0the number of content creators and fan accounts has leapt by almost a third over 2022 levels<\/strong>, to 4.1 million and 305 million, respectively.\u00a0Pretax profits grew from $525 million to $658 million<\/a>\u00a0in the year ending November 2023. The enterprise has a lean structure, with\u00a0only 41 employees<\/a>\u00a0a director. Though best known for its voluminous sex content, the site does has some other types of content, such as wellness, sports and music.<\/p>\n Radvinsky bought\u00a075%<\/a>\u00a0of OnlyFans in 2018, from Guy and Tim Stokely, a father-son duo who launched the platform in 2016 with $12,500. His purchase price is unknown, but thought to be in the\u00a0millions<\/a>. In its original form under the Stokelys’ ownership,\u00a0the platform was family-friendly, but Radvinsky quickly mutated it into a “hive of pornography,”\u00a0<\/strong>as\u00a0Indy100<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>called it.<\/p>\n OnlyFans is\u00a0just the tip<\/strong>\u00a0of 41-year-old\u00a0Radvinsky<\/a>‘s sprawling porn empire, which dates back before his 2002 graduation from\u00a0Northwestern University<\/a>, where he studied economics. In the 1990s and early 2000s, Radvnisky\u00a0ran a group of websites offering access to porn sites via “illegal” and “hacked” passwords<\/strong>,\u00a0Forbes<\/em><\/a>\u00a0has reported.<\/p>\n Some of the promoted sites dangled a promise of links to underage performers<\/strong>. One of them, Password Universe, promoted a link to a site supposedly catering to pedophiles with 10,000 “illegal pre-teen passwords.” Another site, Working Passes, included in its smutty universe a supposed link to “the hottest underaged hardcore” that featured 16-year-olds. Still another linked to\u00a0“the hottest bestiality site on the web,”<\/strong>\u00a0according to\u00a0Forbes.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n The magazine\u00a0noted that\u00a0“there\u2019s no evidence that any of Radvinsky\u2019s sites actually linked to child pornography or bestiality.<\/strong>” Apparently, the business model was all about being paid for clicks that led to other porn sites, and the taboo links on Radvinsky’s sites seemingly led to other sites promoting still more links.\u00a0His next known steps into porn profit came via sites promoting links to celebrity sex tapes, and the launch of MyFreeCams, a major porn-webcam platform.<\/p>\n News of Radvinsky’s enormous cash haul comes months after\u00a0UK regulators\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0they were investigating\u00a0<\/strong>“whether OnlyFans\u00a0has contravened its duties to implement appropriate measures…to protect under-18s from encountering restricted material such as pornography.”<\/p>\n In February,\u00a0Radvinsky and his wife Katie Chudnovsky reportedly pledged to contribute $11 million to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)<\/strong>, the\u00a0highly-influential<\/a>\u00a0political group\u00a0promoting<\/a>\u00a0the agenda of the State of Israel in the United States.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/Radvinsky.jpg.jpeg?itok=6oFKsmaA\")
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