Apple Corps

Apple Corps Limited

Logo featuring a Granny Smith apple
Company type	Private
Industry	Entertainment mass media
Founded	20 June 1963 (as Beatles Ltd.) 17 November 1967 (as Apple Music Ltd.) 2 April 1968 (as Apple Corps)
Founders	John Lennon Paul McCartney George Harrison Ringo Starr
Headquarters	London, England
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Jeff Jones (CEO)
Revenue	£18.6 million (2019)
Operating income	£5.5 million (2019)
Net income	£4.4 million (2019)
Owners	Paul McCartney Ringo Starr Estate of John Lennon Estate of George Harrison
Subsidiaries	See below
Website	applecorps.com

Apple Corps Limited is a British 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, with the latter's most notable venture being the short-lived Apple Boutique on the corner of Baker Street and Paddington Street.

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]