Simon Fuller makes Time 100 list

Simon Fuller, the man who once managed the Spice Girls and created the talent show format Pop Idol, has made the Time magazine 'Top 100' list.

The list cites the 100 most influential people in the world. Fuller joins the likes of Sir Richard Branson, Apple's Steve Jobs and the Queen.

Divided into five sections, the list includes leaders and revolutionaries, builders and titans, artists and entertainers, scientists and thinkers and heroes and icons.

Fuller appears in the 'artists and entertainers' section, alongside comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, Ugly Betty actress America Ferrera, 24 producer Brian Glazer, talk show hosts Oprah Winfrey and Rosie O'Donell and actors Brad Pitt and George Clooney.

YouTube founders Steve Chen and Chad Hurley, Apple founder Steve Jobs, and Philip Rosedale, the founder of virtual world Second Life, feature in the 'builders and titans' list.

Pope Benedict XVI, Condoleeza Rice, Al Gore and Thierry Henry appear, but for the first time in four years US President George W Bush has been dropped from the list.