Syrian-Canadian Feras Antoon, 46, co-founded Brazzers in 2005, with its quick popularity allowing the company to expand and establish YouPorn the following year.Īntoon sold his businesses to German porn mogul Fabian Thylmann, founder of Manwin, in 2010 as the European businessman sought to buy up several porn websites around the world.īut after he was charged with tax evasion in 2012, Thymann sold Manwin to Fatoon and David Tassillo for a reported $77 million, which later became MindGeek with Fatoon serving as CEO and Tassillo as COO.Īntooon, of Montreal, is married with two children, with his brother, Mark, serving as a vice-president at MindGeek.