Simon Cowell Net Worth

Simon Cowell's Quotes

• I'd accept an honour but I don't think I'm likely to get one. The Queen once described me as a dreadful man.
• [to a Pop Idol (2001) contestant] Let me throw a mathematical dilemma at you - there's 500 left, well how come the odds of you winning are a million to one?
• [Asked if he feels guilty about what he says to American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (2002) contestants] No, what I am doing is kind by telling people who are useless, "Do something that you're good at". So I would only feel guilt if I misled somebody who was terrible.
• We've done three seasons of [American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (2002)] and by now it is safe to assume that most people know that you have to be able to sing. But people turn up who can't sing a note and yet they believe they are the Second Coming.
• Sit in these auditions for three weeks and hear "I Believe I Can Fly" out of tune for the millionth time, YOU try and be nice.

Interesting Facts about Simon Cowell

1. Dropped out of high school at age 16.
2. Has three half-brothers, John Cowell, Michael Cowell and Tony Cowell, a half-sister, former child actress June Cowell, a biological sister, Lindsay Elizabeth Cowell and a younger brother, Nicholas Cowell.
3. He worked as a mail boy at EMI and eventually worked his way to become an A&R representative.
4. Says that the first time he gave a criticism was at age four when he looked at his mother's white fuzzy pillbox hat and remarked "Mum, you look like a poodle" [Source: His book "I Don't Mean to Be Rude, But..."]
5. During auditions for The X Factor (2004), 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 The X Factor (2004) judge Sharon Osbourne - to release "50 Grand for Christmas" in December 2004, which only charted at #35 in the United Kingdom.
6. His former girlfriend is Terri Seymour. [2004]
7. His sister's husband is the cousin of pop star Robbie Williams.
8. Has two nieces and a nephew: Tanyette Chantel (born October 18, 1981), Melissa Lee (born July 10, 1984), and Joshua Aaron (born April 15, 1986). All three of them have appeared in the audience during various first season episodes of Pop Idol (2001).
9. Best friends with his London neighbor Jackie St. Clair.
10. During an audition, 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: The Search for a Superstar (2002); when getting rejected, Simon had asked for the phone and called the owner of the workplace where the rejected contestant got her job back.
11. In 1990, he made his screen debut on the U.K. television series Sale of the Century (1989). His prize for winning: kitchen utensils.
12. In 2007, Forbes magazine estimated his U.S. earnings at $45 million for the year.
13. His father, Eric Cowell, was a record company executive with EMI. He died at home in 1999 of a massive heart attack on the very day that Simon got his first Number One with a then-unknown band called Westlife who his dad had predicted would become big.
14. Allergic to lambs' wool. Buys expensive cashmere jumpers.
15. Ranked #6 in the 2008 Telegraph's list "the 100 most powerful people in British culture".
16. In 2007, he earned an estimated $72 million in income from his various projects. $45 million from American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (2002), $15 million from Britain's Got Talent (2007) and The X Factor (2004), and $12 million from his record label.
17. Good friends with Emma Noble. Friends with Mel B.
18. The Sunday Times List estimated his net worth at $196 million. [2009]
19. (May 10, 2010) Merited a place in Time magazine's - The 100 Most Influential People in the World ("Artists" category) - with a tribute provided by Nick Cannon.
20. A TV commercial proposal was made to him by his agent who told him that he would be paid $1m for a day's work (the good news). When Cowell asked about the bad news, he was informed that the commercial was for "Viagra". Cowell reneged (interview: Piers Morgan Tonight: Episode dated 5 April 2011 (2011)). [2010]