Richard Desmond

Quick Facts

Full Name	Richard Desmond
Occupation	Publisher
Date Of Birth	Dec 8, 1951(1951-12-08)
Age	73
Birthplace	Hampstead
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Richard Desmond Biography

Richard Desmond is one of the most popular and richest Publisher who was born on December 8, 1951 in Hampstead, England, United Kingdom.

Desmond left school at 15 and started working in the classified advertisements section of the Thomson Group, while playing the drums at gigs after a day’s work. After moving to another company, he became sales director of Beat Instrumental Magazine at 18. Desmond owned two record shops by the time he was

21. In the mid-1970s, Desmond combined his interest in music and advertising to found, with Ray Hammond, International Musician and Recording World, a monthly magazine for musicians, eventually driving out of business long- established publications such as Beat Instrumental.

In 1982, Northern & Shell began to publish the UK edition of Penthouse, although the licensing deal ended in the 1990s. The company soon moved on to publishing a range of adult titles, including Asian Babes, alongside about 40 other specialist publications, on subjects such as green issues, bicycles, fitness, stamps, cars and cooking. It was the first company to move to the revamped Docklands and the Princess Royal opened the offices, which were cleaned temporarily of all evidence of Penthouse. When the company moved to the Northern & Shell Tower, the Duke of Edinburgh presided over the ceremonies.

Richard Desmond Net Worth

Richard Desmond is one of the richest Publisher from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Richard Desmond 's net worth 1 billion USD (2020). (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Richard Clive Desmond (born 8 December 1951) is a British publisher, businessman and philanthropist. He is the former owner of Express Newspapers and founder of Northern & Shell, which publishes various celebrity magazines, such as OK! and New!, and British national newspapers Daily Star and Daily Express. Express Newspapers were sold to Reach plc (formerly Trinity Mirror) for a consideration of £200m of which £74m was invested in the Express newspapers pension scheme until 2027. Northern & Shell owned Britain’s Channel 5 before selling it to US broadcaster Viacom for £463m in May 2014. The company sold its adult television network, Portland, in April 2016 for less than £1m.

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Who is Richard Desmond Dating?

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In April 2004, the Daily Express reverted to supporting the Conservatives, after a period backing Labour. On the same day, Desmond accused The Daily Telegraph, (with which he was a joint venture partner in the West Ferry newspaper printing plant) then considering accepting a takeover by the German Axel Springer group, of giving in to Nazis. Desmond reportedly harangued The Daily Telegraph’s chief executive and associates in faux German at a business meeting and imitated Adolf Hitler. This incident was described as a form of institutionalised racism prevalent among newspaper proprietors. Previously, in August 2001, the National Union of Journalists’ chapel at the Express & Star also condemned Desmond for the newspaper’s “hysterical and racist” campaign against asylum seekers; this campaign was also criticised by Yasmin Alibhai- Brown, writing for The Independent in June 2002.

Facts & Trivia

Roberto Ranked on the list of most popular Publisher. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Richard Desmond celebrates birthday on December 8 of every year.

In August 2005, the former executive editor of the Daily Express, Ted Young made an out-of-court settlement with Desmond’s company ahead of an industrial tribunal. This related to an incident with Desmond in the newsroom in September 2004, during which Desmond was said to have hit the journalist. Desmond has repeatedly denied the claims.

Top Facts about Richard Desmond

1. Richard Desmond is a British publisher and businessman.
2. He was born on December 8, 1951 in London, England.
3. Desmond owns the Daily Express and Daily Star newspapers.
4. He sold his adult TV channels for £155m in 2016.
5. His net worth is estimated at £2 billion ($2.6 billion).
6. Desmond has donated millions to charity over the years.
7. He purchased Channel 5 for £103.5 million in 2010.
8. Desmond previously owned OK! magazine and Portland TV.
9. He started his career as a music promoter in the 1970s.
10. Desmond has faced controversy over his media ownership and political donations

Is Richard Desmond a billionaire?

In 2014, he was ranked 78th and worth £1.2 billion. In 2016, Forbes estimated his fortune at close to $1.49 billion, while the 2016 Sunday Times Rich List reported his net worth at £2.25 billion. According to the Sunday Times Rich List in 2019, Desmond has a net worth of £2.6 billion falling to £2bn in 2020.

Does Richard Desmond own the Daily Express?

It was acquired by Richard Desmond’s company Northern & Shell in 2000. Hugh Whittow was the editor from February 2011 until he retired in March 2018. In February 2018 Trinity Mirror acquired the Daily Express, and other publishing assets of Northern & Shell, in a deal worth £126.7 million.

How old is Richard Desmond?

70 years (December 8, 1951)

Who owns the Sunday Express newspaper?

The Daily Express, Sunday Express and Express.co.uk are published by Express Newspapers – a subsidiary company of Reach PLC. Reach PLC is Britain’s largest newspaper, magazine and digital publisher, with a print and online portfolio reaching 45.8million people in the UK every month.

Who owns Trinity Mirror?

Before 2018, Reach plc was known as Trinity Mirror plc. The list includes titles owned by the Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), and those owned by both M.E.N Media and S&B Media, after both companies were purchased by Trinity Mirror as GMG Regional Media from the Guardian Media Group in 2010.