Simon Fuller (born 17 May 1960 in Hastings, England) is one of the most successful artist managers of all time [1] and is globally recognised for his work as a television producer, talent manager and creator of the Idol series, first seen as Pop Idol in the UK and over 100 other versions including American Idol, Australian Idol, Canadian Idol, Slovakia searching for SuperStar, Indian Idol, Nouvelle Star and World Idol. Simon Fuller is also the co-creator and executive producer of the US hit talent series So You Think You Can Dance and several other US and European TV shows. He is an executive producer of Little Britain USA, a TV show that he signed to HBO in 2008. He is the manager of a group of iconic performers and entertainers including David and Victoria Beckham, Claudia Schiffer, Annie Lennox, Spice Girls, Carrie Underwood, Will Young, and others. He was named by Time magazine [2] (May 3, 2007) as one of the 100 Most Influential People In the World.

Business

Simon Fuller is Chief Executive of 19 Entertainment, based in London, Los Angeles and New York City, which he founded in 1985. Prior to forming 19 Entertainment, from 1981 to 1985, Mr. Fuller worked at Chrysalis, in publishing (Chrysalis Limited) and A&R (Chrysalis Records). In 1983 he was responsible for signing Madonna's first hit 'Holiday' to the company. When he discovered Paul Hardcastle in the 1985 he set out, aged 25, on his own and propelled Hardcastle to No.1 in the US and UK single chart with his Vietnam war song, "19"

In February 2008 Simon Fuller was presented with the PGA Award by the Producers Guild of America Award in Hollywood. At the event he was praised for his creativity, entrepeneurialism and charity work by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown MP and HRH The Prince of Wales, who also thanked Fuller for his support of the Prince's charity The Prince's Trust.