Simon cowell autobiography

This biography of the outspoken pop mogul and TV talent judge Simon Cowell features original interviews with those who have worked with him over the years.
Sweet Revenge: The Intimate Life of Simon Cowell is a 2012 biography of the British music and entertainment figure Simon Cowell.
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Sweet Revenge: The Intimate Life of Simon Cowell

May 8, 2012

"Survival in the music industry required luck, talent, relationships, and brazenness. Those with only three out of the four qualities would inevitably fail. To climb to the very top, as Cowell had, also required single-mindedness, selfishness, and stardust."

I've read a lot about Simon Cowell before - interviews and biographies. They all hint at what this uncovers but while others hinted at a quirky guy with drive and a big idea, this book gets closer and builds on what's come before by exposing not only the quirks, drive and big ideas but also a near-crippling insecurity, a deep fear of loneliness, an obsessive personality underpinned by perfectionism and the need for routine and - most interestingly - a man who emerged triumphantly from 35 straight years of failure and setbacks but who still lives under the weight of insecurity and fear of the failure that shaped him. As the title suggests, many tried to stifle his ambition and things get really fascinating when his success puts him in a position to seek revenge again

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Sweet Revenge: The Intimate Life of Simon Cowell

2012 biography by Tom Bower

Sweet Revenge: The Intimate Life of Simon Cowell is a 2012 biography of the British music and entertainment figure Simon Cowell by the British investigative journalist and biographer Tom Bower. Cowell cooperated with the book and a sequel is planned. The book received a mixed reception from critics.

Background

A friend had suggested to Bower that he write Cowell's biography, feeling that Cowell's life fitted Bower's "track record of writing about men with power and money". Bower subsequently received a call inviting him to meet Cowell, after he had commenced research on the book, and Cowell agreed to cooperate, subject to Bower's condition that he would "publish criticism and any evidence of wrongdoing". The pair would subsequently meet in London and Los Angeles and have many telephone conversations as part of the writing process. Bower spent time at Cowell's various homes and traveled with him as he researched the biography.^[2] Cowell was not aware of the exact contents of th

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Simon Cowell

English reality television judge, television producer and music executive (born 1959)

This article is about the music executive and television presenter. For the conservationist and author, see Simon Cowell (conservationist).

Simon Phillip Cowell (; born 7 October 1959) is an English television personality, entrepreneur, and record executive. He has judged on the British television talent competition shows Pop Idol (2001–2003), The X Factor UK (2004–2010, 2014–2018), and Britain's Got Talent (2007–present), as well as the American television talent competition shows American Idol (2002–2010), The X Factor US (2011–2013), and America's Got Talent (2016–present). Cowell founded the British entertainment company Syco in 2005, as well as its defunct predecessor, Syco Music (also known as S Records) in 2002.

After some success in the 1980s and 1990s as a record producer, talent agent and consultant in the UK music industry, Cowell came to public prominence in 2001 as a judge on Pop Idol, a talent television show which he and its creator Simon Fuller