Talent manager, television producer, investor, creative consultant
Years active
1981–present
Employer(s)
19 Entertainment (1985–2010) XIX Entertainment (2010–)
Website
xixentertainment.com
Simon Robert Fuller (born 17 May 1960) is a British entrepreneur, artist manager, and film and television producer.[1] He is the creator of the Idols TV format, including the UK series Pop Idol and the US series American Idol.
Since 2020, Fuller has been working with tech firm TikTok to aid development of new TikTok creatives[2] and in the same year he announced a partnership with Verizon Communications to develop 5G content.[3] In 2021 Pearson PLC announced a partnership with Simon Fuller to create a new global education business in Performing Arts.[4] In 2016, Simon Fuller persuaded Swedish quartet ABBA to reunite to explore working in virtual reality,[5] which led to the ABBA Voyage project.[6]
Time has named Fuller one of the 100 most influential people in the world.[7] He has been certified as the most successful British music manager of all time by Billboard.[8] Fuller received the 2,441st star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 23 May 2011.[9] In 2014 he was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Brighton in his home county East Sussex in recognition for his "contribution to business, entrepreneurship and philanthropy". The 2020 Sunday Times Rich List estimated Fuller's wealth at £445 million.[10]
^"Simon Fuller". 16 December 2013.
^"American Idol creator Simon Fuller turns to TikTok talent". BBC News. 7 August 2020.
^"Simon Fuller, Verizon Form Pact to Develop 5G Music and Entertainment Experiences (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
^"Pearson and Simon Fuller join forces to set up Academy of Pop". the Guardian. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
^"ABBA back together for Simon Fuller project". 26 October 2016.
^"ABBA tease major announcement ahead of new music". BBC News. 26 August 2021.
^The TIME 100: Simon Fuller, Time. Retrieved 3 May 2007
^Cite error: The named reference Billboard08 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Simon Fuller: Hollywood Walk of Fame WalkofFame.com. Retrieved 15 June 2011
^"Sussex's richest people – and how they made their money". The Argus. 17 May 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
Simon Robert Fuller (born 17 May 1960) is a British entrepreneur, artist manager, and film and television producer. He is the creator of the Idols TV...
judge on Pop Idol, a talent television show which he and its creator SimonFuller successfully pitched to ITV Controller of Entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz...
bands popular at the time. After leaving Heart, the Spice Girls hired SimonFuller as their manager and signed with Virgin Records. They released their...
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Europe. The company, which has been valued at $100 million was set up by SimonFuller in 2010 to commercially develop world class individuals and entertainment...
Christmas period and charted at number three in the UK. Outside of the UK, SimonFuller reportedly had planned to market Beckham’s music in the US. In April...
different musical direction and formed a heavy metal band called Skua before SimonFuller chose him to be in S Club 7. Cattermole became a member of S Club 7 after...
entrepreneur SimonFuller had approached ABBA with his idea to create a virtual reality ABBA using new technology. In November that year Fuller was photographed...
Sony Pictures Television through its nonfiction division. Founded by SimonFuller in London in 1985, the company co-produced Pop Idol in the United Kingdom...
the youngest member of the group. The group began a relationship with SimonFuller of 19 Entertainment and finally signed with him in March 1995. During...
Pop Idol is a British music competition television series created by SimonFuller which ran on ITV from 2001 to 2003. The aim of the show was to decide...
formerly known as S Club 7, are a British pop group formed in 1998 by SimonFuller after he was fired as manager of the Spice Girls. Original members were...
and record producer. She was discovered as a teenager by music manager SimonFuller, which led to her featuring on the hit dance single "C'mon and Get My...
In 2012, she launched ¡Q'Viva! The Chosen, a talent show created by SimonFuller, that followed Lopez, Marc Anthony and director-choreographer Jamie King...
engineer Beckham's move from Manchester to Madrid. Beckham signed on with SimonFuller and his company 19 Entertainment, which already managed the career of...
clause that Fuller had insisted on inserting to the player's benefit: “When I signed my contract six, seven years ago, my manager SimonFuller actually got...
Retrieved 28 January 2017. "Melanie C Upcoming Events". www.lyrics.com. "SimonFuller and Judy Craymer plan Spice Girls musical". BBC News online. London....
group The Saturdays. Bridge began her career when she auditioned for SimonFuller's reality television competition S Club Search in 2001, broadcast on CBBC...
She has also appeared in Screen Two and The Bill. Barron is married to SimonFuller and they have two children. "Marion Barron". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved...
in West Hollywood, Los Angeles County, USA, in 2017 by Idols creator SimonFuller. Originally, the group consisted of 14 members from 14 countries and...
Idol is an American singing competition television series created by SimonFuller; it is produced by Fremantle and 19 Entertainment. It began airing on...
1984 up until 1993, but despite being managed by the highly-influential SimonFuller, The Adventures never achieved a significant commercial breakthrough...
the show to focus on So You Think You Can Dance and his new show with SimonFuller, Superstars of Dance. Idol Gives Back was canceled for the eighth season...
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