Tim Stokely Explained

Timothy Stokely
Birth Place:Harlow, United Kingdom
Education:Anglia Ruskin University
Occupation:Businessman
Known For:Founder of OnlyFans and CEO until 2021

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

Notes and References

  1. News: Barrie . Thomas . OnlyFans CEO Tim Stokely's tips for success . 25 May 2021 . GQ . 16 March 2021 . 25 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210525100438/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/lifestyle/article/onlyfans-ceo-tim-stokely . live .
  2. News: Murphy . Margi . The Essex-born OnlyFans founder who built a porn empire . 25 May 2021 . Daily Telegraph . 2 April 2021 . 25 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210525101802/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2021/04/02/essex-born-onlyfans-founder-built-porn-empire-has-become-one/?utm_content=telegraph&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1617375176 . live .
  3. Web site: About . timstokely.com . 25 May 2021 . 25 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210525100821/https://www.timstokely.com/ . live .
  4. News: Nilsson . Patricia . OnlyFans blurs boundaries as lockdown demand drives success . 25 May 2021 . . 30 April 2021 . 25 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210525095423/https://www.ft.com/content/f034e311-942e-4d4f-a970-81ee54c568a3 . live .
  5. Web site: 2021-05-24. Essex family behind OnlyFans profit from pornography boom. 2021-08-20 . . en. 27 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211127050817/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/may/24/essex-family-behind-onlyfans-profit-from-pornography-boom. live.
  6. Web site: Thomas Brewster . David Dawkins . The Shady, Secret History Of OnlyFans' Billionaire Owner. Forbes. 11 July 2021. 11 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210711234104/https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2021/06/16/the-shady-secret-history-of-onlyfans-billionaire-owner/?sh=5545c7e5c17f. live.
  7. News: Zitser . Joshua . 'Being made homeless is a perpetual fear': What it's like to risk everything just for posting on OnlyFans . 25 May 2021 . . 24 December 2020 . 25 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210525114649/https://www.indy100.com/people/onlyfans-lauren-kwei-sex-work-b1777617 . live .
  8. News: Who is Amrapali Gan? All you need to know about OnlyFans' new CEO . . 2022-01-13. 26 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211226193238/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/who-is-amrapali-gan-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-ceo-of-onlyfans/articleshow/88438000.cms. live.
  9. https://fortune.com/2023/07/20/onlyfans-creators-hopeful-new-ceo-pro-porn-adult-content-messaging/ Top OnlyFans creators are hopeful that the new CEO will embrace pro-porn messaging
  10. News: Das . Shanti . 26 July 2020 . Meet the king of homemade porn — a banker's son making millions . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210525094835/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/meet-the-king-of-homemade-porn-a-bankers-son-making-millions-z9vhq9c9s . 25 May 2021 . 25 May 2021 . The Sunday Times.

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