26. He bought his L.A. manse on Palm Drive for $8 million, then sunk a few million more into renovations. 27. He has a $2 million villa on Palm Jumeirah island off the coast of Dubai. 28. A housekeeper comes to his house three times a week in London; in

26. He bought his L.A. manse on Palm Drive for $8 million, then sunk a few million more into renovations.
27. He has a $2 million villa on Palm Jumeirah island off the coast of Dubai.
28. A housekeeper comes to his house three times a week in London; in L.A. he has a live-in housekeeping couple.
29. He flies back and forth between L.A. and England 30 to 40 times a year.
30. He received a $2 million advance for his autobiography, I Don't Mean To Be Rude, But...
31. His anti-aging cream costs $135 a tube.
32. He sports veneers.
33. He owns no less than 30 black Armani T-shirts. When in L.A., he calls ahead to the Armani store so they can set out clothes in his size, then shops for all the clothing he will need for the next three months in half an hour. The most he's ever spent on pants was $1,000, on—surprise—a pair of Armani slacks.

34. Despite his allegiance to the designer, he's been abused in Britain for wearing extremely high-waisted trousers—and has taken to untucking his shirts as a result.
35. He sleeps in the nude.
36. If stranded on a desert island, Simon, who thinks Bob Dylan is garbage, would want to take Bobby Darin's "Mack the Knife," The Righteous Brothers' "Unchained Melody" and Wayne Newton's "Danke Schoen."
37. The one luxury item he'd take to the island? A mirror, "because I'd miss me."
38. He was sued by Idol co-creator Simon Fuller after X Factor appeared on British TV featuring Simon and Sharon Osbourne as co-hosts. The only difference between X Factor and Idol is that the former has no age restrictions. They recently settled the suit, with Fuller reportedly winning 20 percent of The X Factor
39. American Idol was turned down by every network before getting picked up by Fox—only because Elizabeth Murdoch told her father Rupert it was good.

40. He only reads tabloids.
41. He arrives at work around noon.
42. He drives a Rolls Royce, when he's not driving his Ferrari or Bentley.
43. Supposedly 5'9", he sports shoes with enormous heels.
44. Outside his office door there is a cardboard cutout from his turn on The Simpsons.
45. Cowell says the most "personal touch" in his London home, where he never entertains, is that it's "uncluttered." No surprise then that it's modern and minimalist with a grey, beige and black color scheme, and only a Picasso sketch on the wall.
46. His bookshelves brim with Ken Follett, Clinton's autobiography, and Hip Hotels guides.

47. If he could invite anyone, living or dead, to a dinner party, he would have Sinatra, Bill Clinton, and Natalie Wood.
48. Cowell was bullied as a child, and he allowed five British children who'd also been harassed to visit his office, reassuring them, "It happened to me and my friends, too.... But it's the people who are picked on that are the cool ones."
49. Growing up, he had an enormous afro and mustache, and regularly performed before a mirror—wearing only a towel—singing into a hair brush.
50. Cowell pays more than $41,000,000 per year in income tax, suggesting that his taxable annual income is over $100,000,000.

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