E! Online reports that American Idol Judge Simon Cowell is set to receive this year’s International Emmy Founders Award.

“Simon Cowell is an entrepreneur and performer in equal measure,” International Academy president and CEO Bruce Paisner said in a statement. “He has built an international empire and in so doing has changed the face of television around the world.”

Cowell is set to pick up his award November 22nd at the 38th International Emmy Awards gala in NYC. Except this award to further inflate his already drastic ego.