Damien Hirst is an English artist, entrepreneur, and art collector. He is the most prominent member of the group known as the Young British Artists (or YBAs), who dominated the art scene in the UK during the 1990’s.

He is internationally renowned, and is reportedly the United Kingdom’s richest living artist, with his wealth valued at £215M in the 2010 Sunday Times Rich List. During the 1990’s his career was closely linked with the collector Charles Saatchi, but increasing frictions came to a head in 2003 and the relationship ended.