Jeff Jones will step down from his role as chief exec of The Beatles’ Apple Corps Ltd. after 17 years. Jones, who most recently oversaw the 2023 release of the final Beatles song, “Now and Then,” has spearheaded countless significant initiatives since joining the company in 2007.

They include launching TheBeatles.com and making the lads' music available digitally for the first time, via iTunes. Jones introduced them to a new generation with their own Rock Band game, oversaw Apple Corps’ 18-year partnership with Cirque du Soleil on The Beatles LOVE and has helped conceive multiple Grammy-winning catalog reissues.

Jones also served as executive producer of the critically acclaimed documentary The Beatles: Eight Days a Week–The Touring Years and the Emmy-winning three-part Disney+ series The Beatles: Get Back. He's an EP on the Beatles ’64 doc, produced by Martin Scorsese and directed by David Tedesch, due 11/29.

“The whole Apple Corps family wishes Jeff Jones all the very best and would like to express our sincere gratitude for his invaluable contributions to the company and the legacy of The Beatles," the company said in a statement.

Prior to joining Apple Corps, Jones worked at Sony/BMG, MCA Records and Columbia. His successor has yet to be announced.