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Fabian Thylmann [born 5 June 1978] is a businessman from Germany who was founder and managing partner of the Internet pornography conglomerate Manwin [now MindGeek].[1] In October 2013, he sold his stake in the company, which was at the time the largest pornography operator in the world.[2]

Fabian Thylmann

Düsseldorf, West Germany
[now Germany]

• MindGeek

Thylmann was born in Düsseldorf. He started computer programming when he was 17.[3] His breakthrough came in the late 1990s when he developed software called NATS [Next-generation Affiliate Tracking Software], which enabled website operators to track users' clicks on advertisements and links so that they could be paid commission.[4] Thylmann used the money he made with NATS to buy various Internet pornography companies, and in March 2010, he established Manwin by acquiring the companies Mensef and Interhub.[3][5] Manwin bought Pornhub, YouPorn, RedTube, Brazzers, Twistys.com, Mofos and other pornography websites.[6]

Sale of Manwin

In October 2013, Thylmann stepped down and sold Manwin for €73 million, for undisclosed reasons.[7]

Upon the sale of Manwin, Thylmann wrote in a letter to employees:

It is with a sad heart that I have to announce that I have decided to sell Manwin to Manwin's top management team. Please believe me that this decision has been one of the hardest in our lives for both my wife and myself. [...] Both myself and Manwin are at a stage where I can no longer add significant value to the best of my ability. I hope I have taught all of you and management the right values to be able to continue the company in the best possible way and I am looking forward to following its development.[6]

According to a 2016 interview with EU-Startups, Thylmann claimed that he didn't miss the "adrenaline" and responsibilities that came with running Manwin, stating that he was working on "fun relaxing projects".[8]

Extradition and indictment

In December 2012, Thylmann was extradited from Belgium to Germany on suspicion of tax evasion. He did not contest the extradition order, although he reportedly denied avoiding paying tax.[9][10]

In April 2015, Thylmann was indicted by the Cologne, Germany federal prosecutor on tax evasion charges.[11][12] The charges were dropped when he paid 5 million euros[13] but he still faces a suspended sentence in another case.[14]

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Feras Antoon [Arabic: فراس انطون, romanized: Fūras Antūn; born 29 June 1975] is a Syrian-Canadian pornographer, and the co-owner and CEO of MindGeek, the world's largest pornography company, which runs sites including YouPorn and Pornhub. He created his first porn website in the early 2000s before co-founding Brazzers, which specialized in the MILF segment of porn distribution, which depicts sexually attractive older women. He and David Tassillo later bought Manwin [MindGeek] from Fabian Thylmann.

Feras Antoon

Damascus, Syria

Feras Antoon was born on 29 June 1975 in the city of Damascus, Syria, before immigrating to Canada. A resident of Montreal, he graduated with an engineering degree from Montreal's Concordia University.[1]

In the early 2000s, with four other recent Concordia engineering graduates, he created his first porn website for Mansef Productions. The company was run by Stéphane Manos, and Antoon would become his brother-in-law.[2]

Their first porn company, Brazzers, was set up in about 2005 by Ouissam Youssef, Matt Keezer, Stephane Manos, and Feras Antoon with the company name being an allusion/homage to their mainly Middle Eastern origins, and their pronunciation of "Brothers".[3] Brazzers focused on the sexualization of MILFs.[4] According to Antoon, "At first, they focused on busty women, because the big tits niche was so cheap. They realized that the MILF niche – the older-women niche – is even bigger. And they became masters of the big-tit-MILF niche".[4] Further expansion led to sites including YouPorn, before all the businesses were sold to German businessman Fabian Thylmann for an estimated $140 million.[3]

In January 2011, commenting on paid and free ["tube"] porn sites, Antoon said, "I personally have one or two memberships, and I still go to the tubes. I get my appetizer on the tubes, my main course on one of the sites."[5]

Following his extradition from Belgium to Germany in 2012, on charges of tax evasion, Fabian Thylmann, the owner of Manwin [which changed its name to MindGeek in 2013] sold the company to its two senior managers, Antoon and COO David Tassillo, for a reported €73 million.[6][7] Antoon is the CEO of MindGeek [formerly Manwin], which in 2014 was described as a "porn monopoly".[7][8]

By 2016, the Autorité des marchés financiers [AMF] in Montreal had executed search warrants and obtained cease-trade orders for 13 people, with allegations of insider trading including Antoon, David Baazov, Josh Baazov, and John Chatzidakis.[9]

Antoon lives in Montreal, Canada.[10][11] He is married to Nicole Manos, a Canadian of Greek descent. The couple have two sons. Nicole is the daughter of George Manos and Louise Laberge Manos [1952–2017].[2] His brother Mark Antoon is a vice-president of MindGeek.[12] Antoon's Can$19-million dollar mansion in the 'Mafia Row' neighbourhood of Montreal burnt down in a suspected arson on 26 April 2021.[13][14]

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