Simon Cowell

'Simon Cowell' (qv) was born in Lambeth, London and brought up in Elstree, Hertfordshire. He is the son of 'Julie Cowell' (qv) (née Josie Dalglish), a ballet dancer, and Eric Selig Phillip Cowell, a music industry executive. Simon started his career in the music industry working in the mailroom at EMI Music Publishing. He worked as a record producer, talent scout and consultant within the music industry before becoming a judge on the hit British TV show _Pop Idol (2001)_ (qv) and its U.S. counterpart, _American Idol (2002)_ (qv). Cowell's scathing comments were famous during his 10 seasons as a judge on American Idol.::slyitalian@hotmail.com