Fenix International Limited. London, United Kingdom
Investor and Director (2018-Present)
Since 2018, I have served as one of the Directors of Fenix International Limited, a UK company that owns and operates OnlyFans, a social media platform that allows content creators to connect directly with their fans.
As of January 2021, OnlyFans has over 100 million users, over 1 million content creators, who have earned over $3 billion dollars on the platform to date.
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OnlyFans May Be a Refuge for Nude Fine Art
The Vienna Tourist Board has joined the adults-only site to display artworks that other social platforms have censored. OnlyFans has a surprising new member: the Vienna Tourist Board. No, its account will not feature after-hours photos of employees.
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Which App Is About To Steal Instagram's Fashion Crown?
Community-driven social media apps such as Clubhouse, TikTok and OnlyFans encourage open conversation and different viewpoints - and their top content creators are hoping to shape a new kind of fashion industry with social media messages of inclusivity and diversity.
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The 10 most innovative social media companies of 2021
Social media is a fraught business. At best, companies such as Facebook help us to stay in touch, share ideas, and even make a living. At worst, they are rentiers of human emotion, manipulating our basest needs to bombard us with ads.
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Twitter Super Follow borrows OnlyFans strategy to charge for tweets
Twitter is preparing to launch paid tweets, with a new Super Follow system which will work a little like Patreon or OnlyFans. Announced during the company's investors presentation, Super Follow will offer a new way for those with followings on Twitter to monetize that audience, with everything from exclusive content to special badging.
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50 Million Join The 'Creator Economy' Thanks To Platforms Like OnlyFans, YouTube, Etsy And Twitch
Warhol declared, "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." But was not predicted was that everyone's "fame" would be experienced simultaneously. Ask a kid today in the U.S. what they want to be when the grow up. No longer is musician or athlete the top answer.
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The American Designer Betting on OnlyFans
By Alexandra Mondalek February 12, 2021 05:30 Rebecca Minkoff, the designer known for her $300 leather crossbody handbags, has nearly one million followers on Instagram. On her profile, she shares a mélange of photos and videos, including product images from the brand's latest accessory or fragrance launch, interviews with actresses and fashion insiders and on occasion, cheeky quotes.
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DJ Khaled, Fat Joe Have a Joint OnlyFans Account
DJ Khaled and Fat Joe are the latest celebrities to join the OnlyFans craze. On Tuesday morning, the best friends announced via their respective Instagrams that they had launched a joint account on the adult subscription site. That said, don't expect anything salacious.
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Will Brands Start Monetizing Their Social Media Content?
There's a new face on subscription social platform OnlyFans: fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff and her eponymous accessible luxury brand. Don't miss The Business of Marketing, a new series featuring leading c-suite executives sharing insights on the importance of leveraging the intersectionality of marketing, finance, technology, HR and the boardroom to drive business growth.
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How Subscription Platforms Have Become Revenue-Generating, Real-Time Fan Clubs
The New Science Of Superfans But, with live events expected to resume in full force, o r close to it, in 2022, these platforms are preparing for a time when fans may divert their disposable income from sub scriptions to concert and festival tickets , as well as the subscriber fatigue that a major survey says is inevitable.
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How OnlyFans Changed My Life
He moved to Nashville to make it as a singer but wound up working as a barback, a job that in three years had gone from tolerable to marginal to almost unbearable. At 26, his dream of a career in music had already begun to feel hopeless.
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Australian Tennis Star Angelina Graovac Turns To OnlyFans To Support Sports Career - SheThePeople TV
Rising Australian tennis star, Angelina Graovac, has reportedly turned to content platform OnlyFans where users sell X-rated photos of themselves, in a bid to support her sports career. According to reports, the 19-year-old who made her tennis debut in 2018, is struggling to earn, which prompted her to make an account on the website thriving with adult content.
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How OnlyFans Changed Sex Work Forever (Published 2019)
OnlyFans has put X-rated entertainment in the hands of its entertainers. Call it the paywall of porn. Dannii Harwood Credit... Molly Matalon for The New York Times Every day, hundreds of men pay Dannii Harwood to enact their sexual fantasies and boost their self-esteem. Sometimes her clothes come off.
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NYC medic helped 'make ends meet' with racy OnlyFans side gig
A young NYC paramedic says she is so cash-strapped from her low-paying ambulance job that she moonlighted by selling online access to erotic photos and videos of herself. Lauren Caitlyn Kwei, 23, works for SeniorCareEMS, an ambulance company serving hospitals in the city's 911 system.
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When The Pandemic Hit, Megan Had No Income. Then She Joined OnlyFans.
From March to November, the number of total users and creators on OnlyFans, a subscription-based content sharing platform, nearly tripled. The app's rapid popularity is continuing to change conversations about sex media and sex workers' rights. Here, Megan Ixim, 29, a content creator and fat activist, talks about watching her OnlyFans blow up during quarantine.
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How the Pandemic Did and Didn't Change the Nudes Game
It's 2020, and nudes might now be acceptable dinner table talk. OK, this might depend on who you're having dinner with. But some data suggests that talk of dick pics and nudes on Twitter increased 384 percent from early March to April. Many people say that they're engaging in sexting for the first time in their lives.
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People are turning to OnlyFans to earn money after losing their jobs during the pandemic
OnlyFans, IsMyGirl, and other pay-per-view adult subscription sites are remodeling adult entertainment, with some creators earning over $100,000 in one year. OnlyFans reported a 75% uptick in "model sign-ups" in early April, as unemployment skyrocketed around the world due to coronavirus shutdowns.
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'Everyone and their mum is on it': OnlyFans booms in popularity during the pandemic
This time last year Jah Bella* was doing it tough. She had fled an abusive relationship, was looking after her newborn daughter and was struggling to find work in far north Queensland. "Every single regular job that I had, I was getting sexually harassed in some way," she says.
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Mia Khalifa Donates £117,000 To Charity From OnlyFans Earnings
Posting on Instagram, Mia wrote: " I just want to thank everyone who has supported me on since September. "You guys have helped me donate over $160k to charities and organizations that mean the most to me, I'm so grateful for the platform and all the incredible, strong, determined women I've met through the internet because of it.
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Michael B. Jordan Plans to "Use My Body For Good" and Join OnlyFans
Now that he's officially 2020's Sexiest Man Alive, Michael B. Jordan is planning to wield his superlative hotness for the good of the masses. During an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last Tuesday, the actor revealed that he wants to "use my body for good" and join the adult-content subscription website OnlyFans.
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A model raised $500,000 for Australia wildfire relief by sending nude photos to donors, she says
Not all heroes wear capes. Some don't even wear clothes. A Los Angeles-based Instagram model believes she has helped raise at least half a million dollars for Australian wildfire relief by offering her nude photos in exchange for proof of a charitable donation.
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How celebrities are using OnlyFans, TikTok to support good causes
Lockdowns and quarantines have sent the time spent on social media skyrocketing. From OnlyFans to TikTok, several celebrities - like the actor Michael B. Jordan or the French dancer Fauve Hautot - not to mention brands, are seizing the power of social media to launch initiatives in aid of good causes.
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Tech giants all creator companies now
Bustle Digital Group is formally rebranding to BDG, its founder and CEO Bryan Goldberg tells Axios. The new logo and name will roll out Tuesday. Why it matters: "As much as Bustle was our first and still largest property, we want to recognize all of the other great brands that are already on platform and that will be joining platform," Goldberg says.
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