Simon Cowell ：
Simon在1979年由唱片业开始他的事业，他签约了EMI音乐发行公司，学会了怎样打造一张热门的唱片。随后他和合作伙伴Iain Burton创造属于自己的品牌"Fanfare"。1989年BMG公司聘请Simon担任顾问。著名的歌唱团体Westlife就是他旗下的生力军。 Simon的生活可是非常甜美的，据《The Sunday Times Rich List》估价，Simon一年就赚了上百万，这多亏了他参与的英国选秀节目《Pop Idol》品牌效应。虽然Simon Cowell在american idol的评论尖刻，但他的确是american idol中的灵魂人物，如果少了他，节目将会失去很多乐趣，很多人爱看AI也是因为他那些口无遮拦的点评。

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Simon was born in Brighton, England. His parents' names are Julie Cowell and Eric Cowell. First made a TV appearance on UK's Pop Idol. Then on America's American Idol.He has 3 half-brothers, John, Michael and Tony, a half sister, June, a biological sister, Lindsay Elizabeth and a younger brother Nicholas Cowell.He worked as a mail boy at EMI, worked really hard and eventually got to be a music producer.

During auditions for 'The X Factor', he made a bet with auditionee Paul Holt that he would pay him £50,000 if he got a #1 single. Holt was quickly signed by a record label - and backed by X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne - to release "50 Grand for Christmas" in December 2004, which only charted at #35 in the UK.

His girlfriend is Terri Seymour. [2004]His sister's husband is the cousin of pop star Robbie Williams.During an auditioning, a female participant told Simon and the other judges that she quit her job at a hair salon so she can pursue her dreams on American Idol; when getting rejected, Simon had asked for the phone and called the owner of the participant workplace where the rejected contestant got her job back.

Made his screen debut in 1990, on the UK TV series 'Sale of the Century', his prize for winning - Kitchen Utensils.In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated his earnings at $45 million for the year.