An ordained rabbi is the public face and key figure behind Pornhub, the world’s largest pornography website. Solomon Friedman, a Canadian criminal defense lawyer and rabbi, became heavily involved after his private equity firm, Ethical Capital Partners, acquired the company formerly known as MindGeek.
Friedman has taken on the role of cleaning up and legitimizing the platform, focusing on compliance, ethics, and removing illegal content. His unusual background has drawn massive attention, with many questioning how a rabbi ended up overseeing one of the most visited adult sites on the internet.
Despite the irony, Friedman argues his mission is to make the porn industry more responsible and ethical.
