100 Entrepreneurs Who Changed The World
71. Simon Fuller (1960- )
“My business is creating fame and celebrity. And I’m one of the best in the world. I know it to the finest detail.”
Simon Fuller is a British businessman, artist manager, television producer and talent scout. Fuller was the creator and founder of the Pop Idol franchise. Pop Idol has first appeared in the United Kingdom and has now been featured in over 100 different versions, including American Idol and Australian Idol. Fuller is also the manager of many talented artists such as Annie Lennox and the Spice Girls. Formerly chief executive of 19 Entertainment, a management company through which he worked with famous entertainers such as Madonna, Fuller has taken musical promotion and created an entire genre of television, while igniting starlit visions in young adults the world over.
