Simon Cowell is the $600 Million Dollar Man.
Years ago, broke, he moved back in with his parents. Great come-back story!
Simon Cowell’s mom helped him get his first job at EMI. (Electric and Musical Industries)
Two companies, BMI and ASCAP helped recording artists get paid for the use of their music.
Simon got a job in the mailroom at BMI. His dad was on the board of directors.
So it gets better, Simon Cowell worked his way up as an assistant in the company, a man after my own heart! He was an information sponge he create his own record labels.
But after his two labels folded in the mid-’80s, by age 30, Cowell had no money and was forced to move back in with his parents but he took in stride He was close to his parent according to Hello! magazine, Simon actually didn’t mind.
Things started to look up not long after that, though. He started a new label, Cowell signed boy band Westlife, for one, followed by the Power Rangers, Teletubbies, and a range of professor wrestlers — who were all making albums.
