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Rishabh and Mahima’s social media birth date change sparks speculation
Mumbai: In a surprising twist, famous sports icon Rishabh Pant and acclaimed actress Mahima Chaudhry have left their devoted fan bases puzzled with recent changes to their birth dates on social media. These unexpected modifications have sparked speculation and raised questions about what’s the motive behind them.
Rishabh Pant, the dynamic Indian cricketer known for his explosive batting prowess, has changed his birth date to “Second D.O.B: 5th Jan 2023”. As per his new social media profile, Rishabh Pant is now five months old. This cryptic alteration has reverberated throughout the cricketing world, leaving pundits and fans searching for meaning behind this.
Similarly, Mahima Chaudhry, a versatile and highly regarded actress celebrated for her captivating performances, has captivated her admirers with an equally confusing adjustment. Her birth date on social media now appears as the mysterious “Second D.O.B: 8th Nov 2022”, which means Mahima Chaudhry is seven months old.
In a world where social media serves as a platform for expression and interaction, the changes to Rishabh Pant and Mahima Chaudhry’s birth dates have caused a stir. As fans eagerly await further insights, one thing is certain—these alterations have ignited curiosity and intrigue, leaving the world wondering about the motivation behind these enigmatic changes.
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Leonid Radvinsky, the man who made OnlyFans a $5.5bn empire, dies at 43
The Ukrainian-American entrepreneur transformed a niche subscription site into a $5.5bn cultural force, then kept almost entirely out of sight
LONDON: He owned one of the most talked-about platforms on the internet and almost nobody knew his name. Leonid Radvinsky, the billionaire majority owner of OnlyFans, died on Monday after a prolonged battle with cancer. He was 43. The London-based company confirmed his death in a statement, saying he had “passed away peacefully.” His family has requested privacy.
Radvinsky was not OnlyFans’ founder. That distinction belongs to British entrepreneur Tim Stokely, who launched the subscription platform in 2016. But it was Radvinsky who turned it into a money machine. In 2018 he acquired Fenix International Ltd, OnlyFans’ parent company, becoming its director and majority shareholder. What he inherited was a modest content platform. What he left behind was a global phenomenon, valued at roughly $5.5bn including debt, according to a Reuters report in January citing talks with investment firm Architect Capital over a potential majority stake sale.
Born in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa, Radvinsky moved to Chicago as a child and most recently lived in Florida. Long before OnlyFans, he had built businesses in the adult internet sector, including the live cam site MyFreeCams, and founded a venture capital firm focused on technology in 2009. He knew the terrain.
His masterstroke was timing, or rather, recognising what the pandemic would do. When Covid-19 lockdowns drove millions of people indoors and online in 2020, OnlyFans was ready. Creators poured onto the platform. Subscribers followed. The model, which allowed creators to charge users directly for content, much of it adult-oriented, became a template for the broader creator economy. OnlyFans did not merely survive the pandemic; it became one of its defining commercial stories.
Despite presiding over all of this, Radvinsky maintained a near-total public silence. He rarely gave interviews. His illness was never disclosed. OnlyFans said he had supported several philanthropic projects, including donations to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, open-source initiatives and the West Suburban Humane Society. A Wall Street Journal report noted that he and his wife supported a $23m grant programme for cancer research through a gastrointestinal research foundation in 2024, a detail that now carries a particular weight.
His death lands at an uncomfortable moment for the platform he shaped. OnlyFans faces growing scrutiny from regulators and policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic, even as it continues to redefine how content creators make money online. The sale talks with Architect Capital add another layer of uncertainty. Radvinsky built something vast, then quietly stepped back from view. The question now is who steers it next, and whether anyone can do so with quite the same invisible grip.
