Randy Travis VS Simon Cowell (born in 1959)

Randy Travis – $9 Million

Randy Travis and Simon Cowell are both known personalities in the entertainment world. They have both reached great heights, popularity, and a tremendous amount of money in their respective fields. Let’s see how their money management game came out.

Randy is a country singer with a net worth of $9 million. Born on May 4, 1959, in Marshville, North Carolina, Randy grew up falling in love with Lefty Frizzell, Hank Williams, and Gene Autry. His interest in country music started young, so he took the first chance he got to pursue it. He played the guitar at ten years old, and years after that, he and his wife and manager Elizabeth Hatcher moved to Nashville to make him a star. Randy signed with Warner Bros. in 1985 and had a hit entitled Storms of Life. He became a member of Grand Ole Opry in 1986.

Simon Cowell – $600 Million

Simon Cowell is known for being a TV producer and a music executive. This Brit is also known to be a judge in several talent reality shows and the toughest one at that. According to reports, he earns up to $100 million per year. He got $50 million from 2019 to 2020 from producing and being a judge on Britain’s Got Talent, America’s Got Talent, and The X-Factor. The highest pay he got for being the host of American Idol was $33 million in 2010.

When Simon quit, he got quite a lot more doing his own reality shows. From 2017 to 2018, he earned up to $45 million, and in the following years, he earned $50 million from these alone. His other investments surely bring in more funds too. If we compare Randy and Simon’s net worths against each other, Simon is the apparent winner. Randy’s substance unhealthy vices might have really gotten in the way of his success. Simon just continues to make more money.