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BIRTH
Simon Cowell was born in 1959,october 7, in London England. -
no school,new job
In 1975:Simon left school at age 15 and was employed in the mail room of EMI Music Publishing through his dads connections as exucative of the company. -
starting a new company
Simon started his own company E&S Music alongside his EMI boss, Ellis Rich. He signed acts like, Hot Gossip and Sinitta. -
simon leaving
Simon left E&S and set up independent label Fanfare Records. -
bankrupsty
Fanfare’s mother company folded, driving the business into bankruptcy and forcing Cowell to move back in with his parents. Simon was employed as A&R consultant for BMG Records where he signed successful acts like Five as well as novelty albums such as the Teletubbies. During his time with BMG Simon sold more than 150 million records and 70 top-charting singles in the UK and USA. -
New show
Simon teamed up with Simon Fuller and created Pop Idol which aired in the United Kingdom in 2001. With Simon as a judge, notorious for bringing contestants to tears due to his insulting comments, the show was an instant success -
Success
American Idol was aired by Fox after must hesitation from other US networks and the ratings broke records. Due to the success of the show, Cowell has a guaranteed salary of $36 million per season working as a judge on the show, until the year 2011 when his contract expires. Simon set up SYCOtv which created the television shows American Inventor, America’s Got Talent and The X-Factor. -
Renewed
Simon renewed his contract with American Idol for five more seasons with a yearly salary of $40 million. Simon was named Variety’s UK Personality of the Year
