Tim Stokely
British businessman (born 1983) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Timothy Christopher Stokely (born July 1983) is a British businessman, the founder of OnlyFans and its CEO until December 2021.
Timothy Stokely | |
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| Born | July 1983 (age 41) Harlow, England |
| 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
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Stokely's first businesses were the adult performance websites GlamWorship and Customs4U, and a site to connect customers to adult content creators.[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]
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