Frederick E. Apple, Jr. serves as WealthSpring's Chief Executive Officer. During his career, he has achieved diverse strategic and tactical objectives while developing and leading entrepreneurial ventures, and serving as a Senior Executive and Consultant within Marketing, Media, and Finance.

 

Mr. Apple co-founded Sound Image, Inc., a media firm based in the Philadelphia-DMA serving as CEO & Executive Producer.  Sound Image served broadcast and corporate clients with production & post facilities, motion picture services, marketing strategies, and advertising campaigns. To expand its reach, the firm launched “TELEFilm”, a national retail dealership network reselling high-margin media services to both consumers and television production firms. The company later formed a joint venture with Sammons Communications of Arlington, TX (now Comcast), broadcasting "infotainment programming" on the "V-Net" channel to nearly 60,000 paid subscribers via a uniquely engineered fiberoptic head-end.

 

After consulting with Entaire Global Companies, Inc. ("EGC"), an Atlanta-based firm developing and marketing leveraged financial products, Mr. Apple was recruited as its Chief Marketing Officer.  As a member of the senior team, he participated in EGC's efforts to restructure the company and obtain a $50M LOC with Comerica (Detroit) while also developing a $250M structured finance facility with Dresner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DKW: Frankfurt/New York). While EVP of Business Development his team expanded EGU (EGC's ENSHIELD® certification program) training more than 6,000 independent distributors. During his tenure, Mr. Apple recruited Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin as the firm’s Spokesperson & Special Advisor, was named President of EGC & Global One Financial (“G1”) and served on EGC’s Board of Directors. EGC’s consistent growth and profitability resulted in its acquisition by Synovus Financial in 2016.

 

Prior to his tenure with WealthSpring, Mr. Apple consulted with clients and strategic partners developing branding, go-to-market strategies, and product launches. He has also served on several non-profit advisory boards promoting STEM-based education and the scholastic development of at-risk youth. A supporter of economic freedom and promoting leadership cultures within dynamic organizations, he’s been invited to speak and/or participate in round table discussions at the University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Tech, Hewlett Packard, AT&T, Focus Brands, The Association of Chinese Professionals, and others, on various business-related topics.