Apple Corps

Apple Corps Limited
Company typePrivate
Industry
  • Entertainment
  • Mass media
Founded2 April 1968 (1968-04-02)
FounderThe Beatles
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Jeff Jones (CEO)
Revenue£18.6 million (2019)
£5.5 million (2019)
£4.4 million (2019)
Owner
SubsidiariesList of Apple Corps Subsidiaries
Websiteapplecorps.com

Apple Corps Limited is a multi-armed multimedia corporation founded in London in January 1968 by the members of The Beatles to replace their earlier company (Beatles Ltd.) and to form a conglomerate. The name is a pun for its pronunciation "apple core".[1] Its chief division is Apple Records, which was launched in the same year. Other divisions included Apple Electronics, Apple Films, Apple Publishing and Apple Retail, whose most notable venture was the short-lived Apple Boutique, on the corner of Baker Street and Paddington Street in central London. Apple's headquarters in the late 1960s was at the upper floors of 94 Baker Street, after that at 95 Wigmore Street, and subsequently at 3 Savile Row. The last of these addresses was also known as the Apple Building, which was home to the Apple studio.

From 1970 to 2007, Apple's chief executive was former Beatles road manager Neil Aspinall, although he did not officially bear that title until Allen Klein had left the company. The current CEO is Jeff Jones. In 2010, Apple Corps ranked number two on the Fast Company magazine's list of the world's most innovative companies in the music industry, thanks to the release of The Beatles: Rock Band video game and the remastering of the Beatles' catalogue.[2]

  1. ^ Brown, Peter; Gaines, Steven (1983). The Love You Make: An Insider's Story of The Beatles. London: Macmillan Publishers. p. 246. ISBN 0-333-36134-2.
  2. ^ "Most Innovative Companies". Mansueto Ventures LLC. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011.

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