Simon Cowell Biography

Fast Facts

• Started out as a clerk in the mail room of EMI Music
• Launched his own record label, Fanfare, in the 1980s and had his first hit, "So Macho," with singer Sinitta
• Ranked No
• 33 on the 100 Worst Britons We Love to Hate list on the UK's Channel 4 network in 2003
• Penned the 2003 book I Don't Mean to Be Rude, But
• : Backstage Gossip from American Idol and the Secrets that Can Make You a Star
• Appeared in a 2005 PETA anti-fur ad, as well as a 2009 PETA commercial urging dog owners not to leave their pets unattended in hot cars