Richard Clive Desmond (born 8 December 1951) is an English publisher and businessman. He is the owner of Express Newspapers and founder in 1974 of Northern & Shell, which publishes various celebrity magazines, such as OK!, New! and (in the UK) Daily Star. Northern & Shell owns Channel 5 and Portland TV, which, in turn, owns the adult TV channels Television X, Red Hot TV, and others. In 2010, Desmond was ranked the equal-57th richest man in Britain according to the Sunday Times Rich List, with a net worth of £950 million.