Apple Corps
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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. Its name (pronounced "apple core") is a pun.[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 latter address was also known as the Apple Building, which was home to the Apple studio.
 Apple Corps' logo, featuring a Granny Smith apple | |
| Type | Private limited company, record label |
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| Industry |
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| Founded | 2 April 1968 |
| Founder | The Beatles |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Jeff Jones (CEO) |
| Revenue | £18.6 million (2019) |
| £5.5 million (2019) | |
| £4.4 million (2019) | |
| Owner | Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono, Olivia Harrison |
| Subsidiaries | List of Apple Corps Subsidiaries |
| Website | www |
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]