page_title: Simon Cowell
hierarchical_section_title: Simon Cowell
caption_attribution_description: Simon Cowell in 2011.
context_page_description: Simon Phillip Cowell is a British businessman, music talent show judge, actor, and entrepreneur. Cowell is the A&R executive for Syco in the United Kingdom and the son of estate agent and and music industry executive Eric Cowell Sr. and socialite Julie Brett. He was born in Lambeth, London and raised in Elstree, Hertfordshire. He is well known as a judge on television programmes Pop Idol, The X Factor, American Idol and Britain's Got Talent. On these shows, Cowell is known for saying that most of the contestants on the shows are not talented. He is known for joining activities in the television and music industries, having made singles and records for many television characters.
  Cowell has been in a relationship with Lauren Silverman since 2013. The couple's son, Eric, was born in February 2014. Silverman's husband divorced her for alleged adultery with Cowell.
context_section_description: Simon Phillip Cowell (born 7 October 1959) is a British businessman, music talent show judge, actor, and entrepreneur. Cowell is the A&R executive for Syco in the United Kingdom and the son of estate agent and and music industry executive Eric Cowell Sr. and socialite Julie Brett. He was born in Lambeth, London and raised in Elstree, Hertfordshire. He is well known as a judge on television programmes Pop Idol, The X Factor, American Idol and Britain's Got Talent.  On these shows, Cowell is known for saying that most of the contestants on the shows are not talented.  He is known for joining activities in the television and music industries, having made singles and records for many television characters.
  Cowell has been in a relationship with Lauren Silverman since 2013. The couple's son, Eric, was born in February 2014. Silverman's husband divorced her for alleged adultery with Cowell.
caption: Cowell in 2011
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