Simon Cowell is a British television presenter and author who hosts the Animal Planet

Animal Planet

Animal Planet is an American cable tv specialty channel that launched on October 1, 1996. It is distributed by Discovery Communications. A high-definition simulcast of the channel launched on September 1, 2007.-History:...

 documentary series Wildlife SOS

Wildlife SOS

Wildlife SOS is a TV show on Animal Planet, based in the UK's Wildlife Aid in Leatherhead, Surrey. The show has been running since 1996 and produced by Simon Cowell's Wild Productions. And can be found on Animal planet, Dmax and Five It is run almost completely by volunteers...

. He co-founded the Wildlife Aid Foundation animal rescue and rehabilitation centre, the organisation whose activities are the subject of the television series. Simon lives in Leatherhead

Leatherhead

Leatherhead is a town in the County of Surrey, England, on the River Mole, part of Mole Valley district. It is thought to be of Saxon origin...

, Surrey

Surrey

Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...

. He received a PhD for Biological sciences at Jesus College

Jesus College, Cambridge

Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The College was founded in 1496 on the site of a Benedictine nunnery by John Alcock, then Bishop of Ely...

, Cambridge.

Simon is also the founder of Wild Productions

Wild Productions

Wild Productions is a small media based company located in Leatherhead, Surrey, and it's managing Director is Simon Cowell MBE....

and is the current Managing Director.

External links

• Discovery Animal Planet presenters - Simon Cowell
• Wildlife Aid
• Wildlife SOS
• Wild Production