Tim Stokely

Timothy Christopher Stokely (born July 1983) is a British businessman and the founder and former CEO of the internet site OnlyFans. He officially stepped down in December 2021.

Timothy Stokely
Born	July 1983 (age 41) Harlow, United Kingdom
Education	Anglia Ruskin University
Occupation	Businessman
Known for	Founder of OnlyFans and CEO until 2021

Early life

Tim Stokely was born in Harlow,^[1] Essex,^[2] in July 1983, the youngest of four children of Guy Stokely, a retired ex-Barclays investment banker. He has a degree from Anglia Ruskin University.^[3]

Career

Stokely's first businesses were the adult performance websites GlamWorship and Customs4U, and a site to connect customers to tradespeople.^[4] He founded OnlyFans in 2016 alongside his older brother, Thomas Stokely, and with the help of a £10,000 loan from his father, Guy,^[5] who told him, "Tim, this is going to be the last one".^[4] His brother is the company's chief operating officer and his father is head of finance.^[4][6] He sought to avoid the mistakes of his earlier sites by building in a referral system that gave third parties an incentive to recruit new content creators to the site.^[1]

Stokely cites the investor Warren Buffett and his book Warren Buffett on Business as one of his influences.^[1]

Stokely sold a 75 percent stake in OnlyFans' parent company Fenix International to Leonid Radvinsky in 2018.^[4][7] On 23 December 2021, Tim Stokely stepped down as CEO of OnlyFans, and was succeeded by Indian-American businesswoman Amrapali Gan.^[8] Keily Blair replaced Gan in July 2023.^[9]

Stokely lives in a "gated mansion with a cinema and sauna" in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire.^[10] He subscribes to two OnlyFans content creators, James Haskell and Chris Robshaw, which reflects his interest in rugby.^[1]

References

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4. Nilsson, Patricia (30 April 2021). "OnlyFans blurs boundaries as lockdown demand drives success". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.(subscription required)
5. "Essex family behind OnlyFans profit from pornography boom". The Guardian. 24 May 2021. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
6. Thomas Brewster; David Dawkins. "The Shady, Secret History Of OnlyFans' Billionaire Owner". Forbes. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
7. Zitser, Joshua (24 December 2020). "'Being made homeless is a perpetual fear': What it's like to risk everything just for posting on OnlyFans". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
8. "Who is Amrapali Gan? All you need to know about OnlyFans' new CEO". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
9. Top OnlyFans creators are hopeful that the new CEO will embrace pro-porn messaging
10. Das, Shanti (26 July 2020). "Meet the king of homemade porn — a banker's son making millions". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.