Jeff Jones (music industry executive)

Jeff Jones
Born	Arlington, Massachusetts
Residence	London and New York City
Nationality	American
Education	Massachusetts College of Art, New York University
Employer	Apple Corps (CEO)
Spouse(s)	Susan Dodes

Jeff Jones is a music industry executive best known as the CEO of Apple Corps, the company founded by The Beatles. Jones was formerly an Executive Vice President at Sony/BMG, where he managed Sony's recorded catalogs, including repackaging classic albums.

At Apple Corps he has overseen Beatles projects such as the launch of TheBeatles.com, the release of the band's remastered catalog on CD, iTunes, and vinyl, the DVD and Blu-Ray releases of Help!, Yellow Submarine and Magical Mystery Tour, The Beatles: Rock Band, and the Cirque du Soleil collaboration, including the Grammy-winning Love album.

He also produced the compilations The Beatles in Mono and The Beatles Stereo Box Set, for which he won the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Historical Album.

Jeff Jones is a native of the Boston suburb of Arlington, Massachusetts. He studied at Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, and later at New York University.

After working in marketing and music since the mid-1970s, Jones joined as marketing director of Columbia Records in 1984, where he stayed for four years. Jones then left Columbia to serve as VP of marketing at MCA Records for two years. In 1991 he moved to the PolyGram Label Group to again serve as Marketing VP. In 1993 Jones moved to Elektra Entertainment as VP of marketing. He gained the additional position of Senior VP of Jazz at Columbia Records in 2000. He also managed the Columbia Jazz A&R and Marketing departments.

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