The music mogul’s new series follows the entrepreneur as he attempts to create a new boy band.
Simon Cowell’s new documentary series, Simon Cowell: The Next Act is on Netflix and it follows the TV personality as he risks everything to find the next hit boy band.
He has already made some candid admissions in the six-episode series, sharing how he misses his early career, saying the “most successful” act he had worked with “by a long way” was One Direction, adding: “Everyone fell in love with them and they became one of the biggest bands in the world.”
He continued: “But since One Direction decided to split up I haven’t signed a successful boyband and I miss it, I miss it so much.”
The Britain’s Got Talent and X Factor star, who is now 66, founded the British entertainment company Syco Entertainment in 2005.
After starting his career as a record producer in the 80s and 90s, he started to become more widely known in 2001 as a judge on Pop Idol.
From here, he created the X Factor and the Got Talent franchise and has worked with huge music stars like Little Mix, Olly Murs, Westlife and Leona Lewis.
He has been named numerous times in Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
He did not always have an easy career as straight out of school he took a few menial jobs, including working as a runner on the 1980 horror film The Shining.
His dad, who was an executive at EMI Music Publishing, managed to get him a job in the mail room. From here, he would go on to set up his own record label.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, the star’s current net worth is $600 Million (£450million).
The website also stated that his annual salary regularly exceeds $50 million (£37.5million), with his peak salary for American Idol being $33million (£24.7million) per season.
As for his personal life, he has been in a relationship with Lauren Silverman since 2013 and they have a son, Eric, together.
In 2022, Simon proposed to Silverman in Barbados, where they first met. The proposal took place during a family holiday, in the presence of their son.
When he was presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2018, he paid tribute to his partner, saying: “Lauren, you’ve been my rock for the past few years, put up with everything I put up with.”
He also opened up on the joys of being a father and how he would love for his son to take over his empire, telling Extra TV: “I actually think it’s probably the best incentive I’ve ever had to keep everything running as well as I possibly can over the next few years.”
