According to Forbes, Simon Cowell ranked number 45 when it comes to a ranking of 2020 Celebrity 100 Earnings. The mogul, 60, makes his fortune from music and television.
However, he is a self made man when it comes to career and his wealth.
Simon worked as a TV runner for sometime before his father got in a job in the mail room of EMI Music Publishing.
The judge was involved in founding various music businesses, singing Sinitta and having a hit with So Macho.
Simon also persuaded Robson Green and Jerome Flynn to record Unchained Melody, with their version proving a huge hit.
Ashley was part of the huge dance troupe Diversity, who wowed the judges and viewers alike from their first performance.
Simon Cowell’s weight loss has impressed many of his fans.
Speaking to The Sun, he said: “I cut out a lot of stuff that I shouldn’t have been eating and that was primarily meat, dairy, wheat, sugar – those were the four main things.”
He lost an amazing 20lbs on the diet.