Fabian Thylmann

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Fabian Thylmann (born June 5, 1978 in Düsseldorf ) is a German entrepreneur active in several areas. He became known through his former dominance in the porn industry , today Thylmann is an investor in various industries.

Career

Thylmann is the original programmer of the affiliate tracking software NATS. After selling his shares in the company he co-founded in 2006, he bought the PrivatAmateure website. He later bought other porn websites such as Mydirtyhobby , the camera websites Webcams.com and XTube, and the paid networks Brazzers.com and Mofos for about $ 140 million .

Since 2011 he has been the managing director and sole shareholder of the Luxembourg holding Manwin , which he founded , the operator of Youporn and other websites he has bought. Manwin also operates the online marketing and television channels of Playboy TV under license from Playboy . In September 2012 Manwin took over another of their biggest competitors with Reality Kings . Thylmann and Digital Playground belonged to "one of the largest porn film studios in the world". Within five years he achieved dominance in the industry. The expansion was funded by a $ 362 million loan apparently brokered by two former Goldman Sachs bankers.

On October 4, 2012, Thylmann obtained an injunction against the reporting of the newspaper Die Welt at the Düsseldorf Regional Court, which was completely overturned on December 19, 2012 by the Düsseldorf Regional Court. With an injunction, Thylmann took action against the magazine Der Spiegel because of the publication of a photo showing him at a lecture at the Internext Expo.

In December 2012, tax investigators searched Thylmann's villa near Brussels and Manwin's offices in Hamburg. Thylmann was arrested at the instigation of the Cologne Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgium on suspicion of tax evasion and then extradited to Germany. After a short pre-trial detention, he was released on December 21, 2012 on payment of a double-digit million bail . His passport was withheld.

In October 2013 it was reported that Thylmann had sold its Manwin shares to managers from within the company , who then merged Manwin with RedTube and renamed it Mindgeek . In April 2015, after two years of investigations, the Cologne public prosecutor brought charges of tax evasion against Thylmann. The proceedings were discontinued in November 2016 in return for a payment of 5 million euros. Previously, Thylmann had already paid 26.25 million euros plus interest after an agreement with the tax authorities. A separate proceeding for possibly evaded income tax in the amount of almost 650,000 euros was still pending before the Aachen Regional Court.

In December 2016, Thylmann was sentenced to one year and four months imprisonment on probation at the Aachen regional court for tax evasion.

Today he owns the Bootshaus Club and a restaurant in Cologne . Thylmann is also the operator of the Coworking & FabLab SN-Cube in Brussels , owner of the yacht management company Adriatic Sailing and investor in a large number of different companies. It became known that in 2017 he invested in Cannamedical Pharma GmbH (Cologne), which is active in the medical cannabis sector.

Public performances

Private

Thylmann is divorced and lives in Brussels with his two children .

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ Benjamin Wallace: The Geek Kings of Smut. In: New York , January 30, 2011, accessed on December 11, 2012, here p. 5.
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  4. ↑ Florian Flade, Lars-Marten Nagel: German porn king is supposed to pay taxes on money in Cyprus . In: Die Welt , September 16, 2012, accessed on September 17, 2012.
  5. ↑ Frank Fleschner: ruler in the kingdom of pleasure economy . In: Focus , March 31, 2012, accessed September 17, 2012.
  6. ^ Matthias Oden: The Porn King ( Memento from October 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). In: Financial Times Deutschland of October 15, 2012.
  7. ↑ a b Florian Flade, Lars-Marten Nagel: Wall Street millions built the Youporn empire . In: Die Welt , March 23, 2013.
  8. ↑ Jörg Eigendorf: The court prohibits reporting on the King of Porn - for the time being . In: The World Investigative Team , October 4, 2012, accessed October 15, 2012.
  9. ↑ Christian Meier: Porn King lets his pants down in the FTD . In: Meedia , October 15, 2012, accessed February 7, 2016.
  10. ↑ Florian Flade, Lars-Marten Nagel: YouPorn boss is defeated in court . In: Die Welt , December 19, 2012.
  11. ↑ Johannes Boie, Frederik Obermaier: Youporn founder is subject to Springer - Naked Facts . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , December 19, 2012.
  12. ↑ Spiegel Legal Department: MyDirtyRight! Spiegelblog on Spiegel Online , December 21, 2012.
  13. ↑ Florian Flade, Lars-Marten Nagel: Youporn boss arrested in Belgium . In: Die Welt , December 10, 2012, accessed on December 11, 2012.
  14. ↑ Suspected tax evasion: Porn king Thylmann faces long imprisonment . In: Der Spiegel , December 21, 2012.
  15. ↑ Uwe Buse: Men who stare at umbrellas , Der Spiegel 51/2012
  16. ^ Rhett Pardon: Fabian Thylmann Sells Stake in Manwin to Company Management , XBIZ , October 18, 2013
  17. ↑ Porn King sells his empire . In Süddeutsche Zeitung , October 19, 2013
  18. ↑ a b Florian Flade, Lars-Marten Nagel, Marcel Pauly: Public prosecutor accuses ex-Youporn boss , Die Welt , April 19, 2015
  19. ↑ Michael Berkens: Manwin Operator of YouPorn.com Renames Itself To MindGeek & Buys MindGeeks On Sedo For $ 3,500 , thedomains.com, October 28, 2013
  20. ↑ René Bender: Millions of copies: tax proceedings against porn entrepreneur Thylmann suspended , JUVE , November 18, 2016
  21. ^ YouPorn founder Thylmann sentenced , Spiegel Online , December 19, 2016
  22. ↑ Florian Flade, Lars-Marten Nagel: Porn king condemned: Fabian Thylmann now wants to be a business angel. In: The world. December 19, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2017 .
  23. ↑ "Many people simply find out what interests them through porn sites" . August 6, 2017.
  24. ↑ Thomas Ohr: Interview with Fabian Thylmann - the German entrepreneur who once built the biggest adult entertainment company in the world. In: EU startups. Retrieved August 9, 2018 (American English).
  25. ↑ Youporn maker invests in Cologne cannabis startup . In: Gründerszene Magazin . January 2, 2018 ( gruenderszene.de [accessed August 9, 2018]).
  26. ↑ Fabian Thylmann. The Oxford Union, accessed August 9, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Thylmann, Fabian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH June 5th 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen