British TV producer and music executive Simon Cowell has an estimated

net worth of $550 million. He is best recognized as one of the

judges of TV shows like The X Factor, American Idol, Britain's Got

Talent, and Pop Idol. As an entrepreneur, he owns Syco, a music

publishing and TV production company.

As a TV show judge, he is noted to be very blunt in delivering

controversial insults, wisecracks and criticisms to the contestants.

Simon Cowell was named as among the 100 most influential people in the

world list of TIME Magazine in 2010 and 2004. Also, he ranked #41 on

"The World's 50 Most Influential Figures 2010" list by  New Statesman

magazine. Furthermore, he ranked #10 on "The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time" list by TV Guide.

Simon Phillip Cowell was born on October 7, 1959 in Lambeth, London,

England, UK. In July 2013, Cowell became a part of a controversy which

involved Andrew Silverman and his wife, Lauren Silverman. Andrew cited

that his wife committed adultery with Cowell as the co-respondent.

Reports of divorce became public after two weeks, and Cowell confirmed

that Lauren Silverman is pregnant of his child.

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