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Meet the man who created Kim K, with porn

Adult film star Savanna Samson poses with Vivid Entertainment Co-Chairman Steven Hirsch.

Adult film star Savanna Samson poses with Vivid Entertainment Co-Chairman Steven Hirsch. (Getty Images)

Over the last decade, the adult industry has maneuvered its way into the mainstream, largely on the backs – and other parts – of celebrities whose homemade sex tapes went public: sometimes on accident, sometimes not so much.

Former “Teen Mom” star Farrah Abraham is the latest celebrity to take a slice of the action, earning a reported $1 million for her professional sex video, distributed by Vivid Entertainment.

“It has created such a phenomenon and is so popular, we were caught off guard,” Vivid founder and co-chairman, Steven Hirsch, told FOX411’s Pop Tarts column. “We had 10 million visits to the site in the first few days, more people trying to access the film in one week than we had in the first six months of Kim Kardashian’s tape with Ray J.”

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Because of Vivid’s involvement with celebrity sex scandals, Hirsch himself is becoming something of a household name, and is deemed by many to now be the most powerful person in porn. The father of Hollywood film parodies and the celebrity sex tape, Hirsch is responsible for the distribution of the homemade productions featuring the likes of Pamela Anderson, Kendra Wilkinson and Montana Fishburne, among others.

“As a company owner, Steve Hirsch always has been and always will be a big power player in the industry. Even though Vivid has changed a lot over the years, it’s still one of the strongest brands and he has always been a very powerful person,” explained Joanna Angel, the mastermind behind the Burning Angel adult enterprise. “People really do not realize how much hard work and time and energy goes into having a successful brand in the porn industry. Making a profit right now is tough. It is possible, but it’s not easy.”

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