India, Dec. 10 -- Keily Blair, chief executive officer of OnlyFans, has revealed that the company operates with just 42 full-time employees despite serving over 400 million users globally and hosting nearly 4 million content creators.

Speaking to Jeff Berman on the Masters of Scale podcast during the November Web Summit in Lisbon, Blair said the company's intentionally lean workforce is the result of a deliberate strategy to eliminate middle-management roles. She explained the philosophy behind the approach.

OnlyFans, a subscription-based content platform founded in 2016, generates around $7 billion in annual revenue. Berman described the company's output as "very powerful" given the size of its workforce. Blair agreed, calling her team...