Profile
Simon Cowell
Artist Executive
Male
Born
Oct 7, 1959
Age
53
Hometown
London Borough of...
Performed With
Paul Potts + JLS ...
Record Label
Syco
Simon Phillip Cowell is an English A&R executive, television producer, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is known in the United Kingdom and United States for his role as a talent judge on TV shows such as Pop Idol, The X Factor, Britain… Read More
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Simon Cowell
Age 53
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Eric Philip CowellFather -
Julie BrettMother
siblings
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Michael CowellBrother -
June CowellSister -
John CowellBrother
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Max Clifford Charged With Sexual Assault In Abuse ScandalHuffington Post - Apr 26, 2013
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Jennifer Love Hewitt To Become X Factor Judge?US Magazine - Apr 25, 2013
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1959
Birth
Born on October 7, 1959.
TWENTIES
1984
24 Years Old
Next in 1984, Cowell and Burton met up with Pete Waterman for the first time.
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THIRTIES
1990
30 Years Old
In 1990, he appeared as a contestant on the UK gameshow Sale of the Century.
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FORTIES

2001
41 Years Old
Cowell was given the role of judge on the first series of Pop Idol in the UK by then ITV Controller of Entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz in 2001, he was then judge on the first season of American Idol in 2002.
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Cowell also appeared on the one-off World Idol programme in 2003, where it became clear that each country's version of the Idol had attempted to come up with its own "Simon Cowell" type personality.

2004
44 Years Old
In 2004, with Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh, Cowell was a judge on the first series of the British television music competition The X Factor, which he created using his production company, Syco.
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On 16 March 2006, Simon Cowell's next competition show, American Inventor, debuted on ABC.
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Cowell was chosen as the first subject of the re-launched This Is Your Life in an episode broadcast on 2 June 2007.
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FIFTIES
In May 2010, he portrayed himself again, in another episode of The Simpsons, "Judge Me Tender".
2011
51 Years Old
Cowell was estimated to have a fortune of £200 million in the Sunday Times Rich List of 2011, making him the sixth richest person in the British music industry.
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2012
52 Years Old
In April 2012 he said that he had an affair with fellow The X Factor judge Dannii Minogue during her time on the show.
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