Apple corps Ltd., The company monitors Beatles“Business and creative interests have found their new CEO. Tom Greene was announced as the company’s new leader on Tuesday morning, who would play a role that had been free since the former long -term CEO Jeff Jones expired last year after 17 years.
The appointment will not be effective immediately; Tuesday’s announcement said that Greene will officially enter the role in September.
Greene comes to Apple Corps from Blast, an e-sports company where he served as COO. Before his four years with Blast, he was associated with the Harry Potter franchise, after being first responsible for Pottermore Publishing, then for Wizarding World Digital, a joint venture between Warner Bros and Pottermore.
In a group statement, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Olivia Harrison and Sean Ono Lennon together to say: “We are happy to welcome Tom Greene as CEO. We have a lot of exciting plans and Tom’s experience and Vision makes him the perfect person to go with us to do it all.”
Greene said: “It is a huge honor to lead Apple Corps into this new phase in its history. Like so many people around the world, I grew up in a household obsessed with the Beatles and their music. At a time when the world may need more of the Beatles spirit, there are so many new and innovative ways to get their unique magic. “
When he made the announcement, Apple Corps pointed to blow up, “a competitive entertainment company that works with the largest video game developers and publishers in the world on production, commercialization and audience growth of their Esports programs”, with “grown twenty -five during his time at the company.”
Apple Corps also said that when Greene left the Wizarding World Digital, “Harry Potter Fan Club had grown to over 50 million members, supported by engrossing digital experiences, daily content publishing and an innovative e -trade victim.” Exec left on the board of Pottermore, said Apple Corps.
Apple Corps has held a robust slate not only with archival music publishing but moves more to other media, mainly among the projects which in the future are director Sam Mendes’ four biopics of the individual Beatles, which is released in April 2028 through Sony Entertainment.
The appointment of Greene really represents the Beatles transition of the torch to a new generation that became age in the digital era; While Jones grew up during the 1960s lifetime in the Beatles, which officially broke up in 1970, its new CEO was born decades after the group’s original heyday.
Jeff Jones announced that he was leaving the company last fall after a 17-year run. Recently on his LinkedIn page he wrote, “I recently eaten dinner with some music companies that I had not seen in really long. One of them asked:” How is everything going on Apple, and what is the next Beatles project? “
At that moment, I humbly realized that not everyone is aware that I had resigned from my role as CEO of Apple Corps after almost 18 years. Working for the Beatles was an absolute dream.
I want to express my gratitude to everyone who has heard the news and extended to offer their best wishes … In recent months I have taken some free time to reflect on the future and explore the opportunities for myself and my family after over four decades in the entertainment industry. I look forward to the next adventure of my professional and personal journey. “