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OnlyFans generated $7.2 billion from users in a single year with just 46 employees. Its margins were better than most Silicon Valley companies. Its owner pulled $701 million in dividends in one year alone. And nobody serious would buy it. Architect Capital, which took a 16% stake for $535 million in May 2026, is now planning to take OnlyFans public through an IPO by 2028 — meaning the most untouchable business in finance could soon be on the stock market. This is the full story of how a cash machine worth $8 billion sold for $3.15 billion after its secretive billionaire owner died at 43, and why the banks, card networks and regulators were always the real owners.

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