- Source of Wealth: Television, Music, Other Businesses
- Age: 60
- Birth Place: Lambeth, London, England
- Height: 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Weight: 165 lbs (74 kg)
- Marital Status: Single
- Full Name: Simon Phillip Cowell
- Nationality: United Kingdom
- Date of Birth: October 7, 1959
- Ethnicity: Jewish, Scottish, English
- Occupation: Television producer, Entrepreneur, A&R executive
- Education: GCE in Sociology from Windsor Technical College
- Children: N/A
British TV producer and music executive Simon Cowell has an estimated
net worth of $550 million. He is best recognized as one of the
judges of TV shows like The X Factor, American Idol, Britain’s Got
Talent, and Pop Idol. As an entrepreneur, he owns Syco, a music
publishing and TV production company.
As a TV show judge, he is noted to be very blunt in delivering
controversial insults, wisecracks and criticisms to the contestants.
Simon Cowell was named as among the 100 most influential people in the
world list of TIME Magazine in 2010 and 2004. Also, he ranked #41 on
“The World’s 50 Most Influential Figures 2010” list by New Statesman
magazine. Furthermore, he ranked #10 on “The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time” list by TV Guide.
Simon Phillip Cowell was born on October 7, 1959 in Lambeth, London,
England, UK. In July 2013, Cowell became a part of a controversy which
involved Andrew Silverman and his wife, Lauren Silverman. Andrew cited
that his wife committed adultery with Cowell as the co-respondent.
Reports of divorce became public after two weeks, and Cowell confirmed
that Lauren Silverman is pregnant of his child.