At $36 million a year, American's Idol's Simon Cowell brings in approx. $22k a minute! Here's a guy that obviously doesn't have to look at the price side of the McDonald's menu like I do...
Of course, with advertising selling on the popular show for over $2 million a minute, Simon's slice of the pie isn't all that big by comparison.
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Is he worth $22k a minute? (I think he makes the show, so my answer would be "yes"..)