The richest TV producer in the world: Simon Phillip Cowell

Simon was also named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by the American magazine Time magazine in 2004 and 2010.

Who is Simon Cowell?

Simon Cowell was born on October 7, 1959 in Lambeth, London, England. His mother is ballet dancer Julie Cowell, and his father is music industry executive Eric Selig Phillip Cowell. He grew up in Elstree, Hertfordshire. Simon's father is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. He left school at the age of 16.

Simon Cowell started his career by working at EMI Music record company. He founded Fanfare Records in England in 1985. In 1986, he produced the song "So Macho" by Sinitta. He then continued his music career at BMG. He was recognized as a successful producer in the music industry. He became even more famous after taking part in the Pop Idol competition in 2001. His reputation grew with the launch of Britain's Got Talent, a variety talent show, in 2007.

Simon Cowell is best known for being a judge on talent shows such as The X Factor, Pop Idol, American Idol and Britain's Got Talent broadcast in the UK and the United States.

Simon Cowell owns the £300m television production company and music publishing house Syco.

CREATOR OF FAMOUS COMPETITIONS

The first job Simon Cowell did was working in the document distribution room of EMI Music. By 1985, Cowell founded a record label in England called Fanfare. A year later, he undertook the production of Sinitta's album So Macho. His success in the music industry opened the door for him to take part in the Pop Idol competition in 2001.

NAMED HIS SON, NAME OF HIS FATHER

He took his fame with that competition one step further with Britain's Got Talent in 2007. Cowell increased his fame and fortune with these talent contests, which were published in different versions in many countries of the world. Owner of a TV production company valued at 100 million, Simon Cowell lives between Los Angeles and London. Cowell has a son, named after his father, Eric, from a relationship with Lauren Silverman.

SHE WAS A FRIEND'S WIFE

Simon Cowell also has an interesting relationship with his girlfriend Lauren Silverman. They began to have a love affair with a big scandal. Let us remind you that the couple has a child named Eric.

The romance of Lauren Silverman, with whom she was preparing to marry Cowell, emerged in the first half of the 2000s as a kind of scandal. Simon Cowell was just friends with Lauren Silverman, a mother of one child, who was then married to Andrew Silverman. Cowell and Andrew and Lauren Silverman were often photographed during their summer vacations together. But in 2013, allegations of an illicit love affair between Cowell and his friend Andrew Silverman's wife, Lauren, came to the fore like a bombshell. The rumor that Silverman is pregnant also caused more attention to be focused on her.

April 2022

His luxury life is legendary: He will leave 20 million to dogs from his great fortune

One of the richest celebrities in the TV world said that he plans to leave an astonishing amount of his fortune, which exceeds half a billion, to dogs.

The famous television personality, known to have a fortune of 600 million dollars as of 2021, intends to include in his will for the dogs he loves very much, and the amount is 20 million pounds.