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He has been a major player in the pop music industry in the United Kingdom since the 1970s, but it wasn’t until the first airing of American Idol on June 11, 2002 that the Simon Cowell bio became a matter of common knowledge throughout the U.S. Since that time, Cowell has gone on to produce various ventures that combine both the television and music industries, and he has become a worldwide celebrity in the process.

This life story begins on October 7, 1959, when the current Sony/BMG music executive was born in Brighton, East Sussex in England. He grew up in a wealthy family, with three half-brothers (one of whom is a millionaire business developer), a half-sister, and a younger brother (currently a millionaire property tycoon). Cowell might have dropped out of high school when he was 17 years old, but that didn’t stop him from going on to achieve great things.

Thanks to his father, who was an executive at EMI Music Publishing, Cowell got his first job working in the EMI mail room. However, much like he had grown bored with academics, so too did Cowell grow discouraged with his work at EMI. Again, his father stepped in to get Cowell a job as an assistant to an A&R executive at the company. It was there that Cowell finally began to thrive. He was beginning to leave his mark.

In the early 1980s, Cowell left EMI to form his own music company, E&S Music, but after realizing little success, he was forced to return to EMI after just one year. In 1985, he again left EMI to create Fanfare Records, an independent record label that enjoyed relatively more success than Cowell’s first attempt. However, the Simon Cowell bio would not experience smooth sailing from thereon out. After five years, Fanfare went bankrupt and Cowell was forced to move back home with his parents.

It wouldn’t be long before luck came his way again. That same year, Cowell was hired as an A&R consultant for BMG. It was the beginning of a long string of successes that would long be remembered. In signing such acts as Westlife, 5ive, Il Divo, and Curiosity Killed the Cat, Cowell cemented his reputation as one of the leading spotters and developers of top pop talent in the industry. He didn’t always make the right choices – passing on the auditions of the Spice Girls, Take That, and season five winner of American Idol Taylor Hicks – but the odds are usually in his favour.

After the success of American Idol, which is now in its sixth season, the Simon Cowell bio quickly started becoming something of a legend throughout the entertainment industry. He would go on to create other such successful television shows as The X Factor, America’s Got Talent, American Inventor, and Celebrity Duets, while continuing to work as a top executive for Sony/BMG. He has left a lasting legacy on both the music and television industries with his unique brand of humour and vision.





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