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.
But what if the original founders got enough? If we are against billionaires existing, shouldn’t we be cheering on folks who find an off ramp before getting there?
Since I wasn’t complaining about the original founders, I’m not sure that this hypothetical is relevant.
What I do know is that a billion dollars is far more money than anybody needs to live extravagantly for the rest of their lives.