Damien Steven Hirst (born 7 June 1965) 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 1990s. 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 1990s his career was closely linked with the collector
Charles Saatchi, but increasing frictions came to a head in 2003 and the relationship ended.