Pornhubby Stefan Manos, Usam Yusuf, Matthew Keaser
Pornhub was built by three Canadian college friends (Manos, Yusuf, Keaser) who leveraged YouTube's video hosting innovation to create a centralized adult content platform in 2007. The site grew from directory links to pirated content to becoming one of the top 6 most-trafficked websites in the US (2 billion visits/month) through exceptional SEO execution and organic growth, eventually reaching $100M+ in revenue before being sold multiple times to various owners including Fabian Tillman ($140M in 2010), and later to private equity.
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