The Beatles working firm Apple Corps Ltd. has appointed Tom Greene as its new Chief Government Officer, efficient September 2025.
Apple Corps Ltd. was based by The Beatles in 1968 to supervise the band’s personal artistic and enterprise pursuits.
As a part of its administration of The Beatles’ mental property, the London-based firm administers the legendary band’s recorded catalog together with movie, theatrical, and e book publishing rights.
British government Tom Greene is barely the third CEO in Apple Corps’ storied historical past. Based on the corporate, Greene’s “expertise and imaginative and prescient completely place him to proceed [the band’s] legacy, while increasing The Beatles’ artistic horizons”.
Former Apple Corps CEO Jeff Jones stepped down from the position in October 2024.
Greene is presently the COO of BLAST, a aggressive leisure firm that works with outstanding online game builders and publishers on the manufacturing, commercialization, and viewers development of their esports packages.
Based on the press launch saying Greene’s appointment at Apple Corps, BLAST “has grown twenty-fold throughout his time on the firm”, opening places of work in London, Copenhagen, Berlin, New York and Mumbai.
He’ll stay on the board of BLAST.
Greene has beforehand fulfilled working roles for the Harry Potter franchise, together with stints operating each Pottermore Publishing and Wizarding World Digital, a three way partnership between Warner Bros and Pottermore.
On the time he left Wizarding World Digital, the Harry Potter Fan Membership had grown to over 50 million members, supported by immersive digital experiences, every day content material publishing and an “revolutionary ecommerce providing”.
He additionally stays on the board of Pottermore.
“We’ve a number of thrilling plans and Tom’s expertise and imaginative and prescient make him the proper individual to hitch us in making all of it occur.”
Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Olivia Harrison and Sean Ono Lennon
Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Olivia Harrison and Sean Ono Lennon stated: “We’re thrilled to welcome Tom Greene as CEO. We’ve a number of thrilling plans and Tom’s expertise and imaginative and prescient make him the proper individual to hitch us in making all of it occur.”
Tom Greene added: “It’s a big honour to steer Apple Corps into this new part of its historical past. Like so many individuals around the globe, I grew up in a family obsessive about The Beatles and their music.”
“It’s a big honour to steer Apple Corps into this new part of its historical past.”
Tom Greene
Added Greene: “At a time when the world would possibly want extra of The Beatles’ spirit, there are such a lot of new and revolutionary methods to convey their distinctive magic to all generations of followers. I can’t wait to get began.”
Based on Apple Corps, Greene’s appointment comes at a time when The Beatles’ “profound influence on standard tradition throughout the generations burns as brightly as ever”.
Latest Apple Corps’ music initiatives embrace Particular Version releases for a number of Beatles albums, together with Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Membership Band, The Beatles (‘White Album’), Abbey Street, Let It Be, and Revolver.
The Beatles’ 2023 hit single Now And Then – billed because the band’s final ever single – reached No.1 within the UK singles charts and garnered the band’s newest Grammy win and a BRIT Award nomination. The band’s presence on the planet of movie and documentary additionally noticed Peter Jackson’s 2021 Get Again sweep the Emmys’ documentary classes with 5 awards.
Final 12 months, Apple Corps and Disney+ launched David Tedeschi and Martin Scorsese’s new ‘Beatles ‘64’ documentary and what it calls a “lovingly restored” model of Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s Let It Be.
Trying forward, a four-film Beatles “cinematic occasion” is ready for launch in April 2028 by Sony Footage Leisure and Neal Road Productions.
Directed by Sam Mendes, written by Jez Butterworth, Jack Thorne and Peter Straughan, and starring Harris Dickinson (John Lennon), Barry Keoghan (Ringo Starr), Paul Mescal (Paul McCartney) and Joseph Quinn (George Harrison), the venture marks the primary time Apple Corps Ltd. and The Beatles have granted full life story and music rights for scripted movie.Music Enterprise Worldwide
