Bernd Bergmair

Bernd Bergmair
Born	1968 Linz, Austria
Other names	Bernard Bergemar
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Known for	Former majority shareholder of MindGeek

Bernd Bergmair (also known as Bernard Bergemar, born 1968 in Linz) is an entrepreneur from Austria. He formerly held the position of majority shareholder in MindGeek, a privately owned media corporation based in Luxembourg, recognized for operating prominent adult entertainment sites including Pornhub.

Early life

Growing up during the 1970s and 1980s in Ansfelden, Upper Austria, Bergmair was raised in a farming family. His education began at a grammar school in Linz and continued at HLBLA St. Florian, where he completed his secondary studies.

He earned his degree from the University of Linz in 1992, submitting a thesis focused on corporate acquisition tactics involving mergers and acquisitions (M&A), leveraged buyouts (LBO), and management buyouts (MBO).

During the 1990s, Bergmair was employed by Goldman Sachs in New York City.

In 2006, he purchased the adult website RedTube, which he later sold in 2013 to Manwin, the company now operating under the name Aylo.

MindGeek

The Financial Times disclosed in December 2020 that Bergmair, also referred to as "Bernard Bergemar," was the principal shareholder of MindGeek. This revelation prompted a Canadian parliamentary investigation into Pornhub's operational conduct. According to MindGeek executives David Tassillo and Feras Antoon, Bergemar owned more than fifty percent of the company’s shares but did not engage in daily management activities. These conclusions were supported by investigations from Tortoise Media and the Austrian publication Dossier.

Official company documents from 2021 indicated Bergemar’s residence as China; nonetheless, Tortoise Media reported he was living in a London mansion. His wife, Priscila Bergmair, who is Brazilian, publicly called on him to dissociate from the enterprise.

In March 2023, Ethical Capital Partners took ownership of MindGeek and rebranded the corporation as Aylo.