Nathan is the founder and Chairman of 68 Ventures (68V), a development and investment company headquartered in Daphne, AL. 68V is defined by its culture and fueled by a team of purpose driven high performers, resulting in it becoming one of the largest developers within the region, deploying billions of capital across multiple asset classes, and the successful creation, acquisition, and exit of numerous operating companies.
His business career launched in 2008 when he founded Bellator Real Estate & Development, growing it to the dominant brokerage firm in the market prior to selling in 2024. Nathan started Truland Homes in 2011, which closed more than 3,300 homes and became a top 100 national homebuilder while on its way to being acquired by D.R. Horton in 2023. 68V has developed more than 12,000 single family lots to date, making it the preeminent residential developer along the Gulf Coast and markets north to Birmingham. The 68V portfolio is comprised of nine operating companies and well over 100 investment entities.
Nathan graduated from the University of Alabama summa cum laude in investment finance and economics and ranked first in his class at the Culverhouse College of Business. He played football at Alabama, earning Academic All SEC Honors twice, the Paul “Bear” Bryant Award his senior year as the university’s most outstanding student athlete, and the Economics, Finance, and Legal Studies Alumni Leadership Award years later. He ultimately received his MBA from the University of South Alabama upon returning home from the United States Marine Corps.
Nathan served as a Rifle Platoon Commander with 3rd Bn 6th Marines, deploying to Iraq in 2005-2006, and was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal with combat “V” for Valor as a 1st Lieutenant in recognition of his actions in combat. Beyond business, Nathan is deeply engaged in community and philanthropic work. Cox Family Foundation, led by his father (Allen), and the 68 Ventures team support dozens of organizations through both financial resources and service. Signature initiatives include the 68 Ventures Bowl, Ballin’ on Belrose, and the Chasing Greatness Leadership and Entrepreneurship Conference. Nathan has established multiple scholarships, such as the Lieutenant Nathan Cox Endowed Scholarship at the University of Alabama and the 68 Ventures Athletic Scholarships both at the University of Alabama and University of South Alabama to reward a senior walk-on each year. Nathan has been recognized locally with numerous honors. Namely, induction into the UMS-Wright Athletic Hall of Fame, the Champion of Life Award recipient through Team Focus, and The Greg Maddox: Among the Great by Baller Dream Foundation. He sits on the board for the Cox Family Foundation, Gulf United Metro Business Organization (GUMBO), Baller Dream Foundation, Culverhouse College of Business Board of Visitors at the University of Alabama, Mitchell College of Business Advisory Board at the University of South Alabama, the finance committee for “Coach for Governor”, and is an active member of Young Presidents’ Organization. Nathan lives in Daphne, Alabama, and is passionate about spending time with his wife Kimberly and their three children, Savannah, Scarlett, and Luke – plus their four dogs (Axe, Shelby, Luna, and Teddy). He is an avid traveler, but there is nowhere he’d rather be most days than his home looking out over Mobile Bay. He also finds fulfillment studying successful people, seeking out challenges of any kind, and inspiring others to
bet on themselves.
NATHAN’S LEADERSHIP PHILOSOPHY
Nathan believes that if you align yourself with incredible people, put their needs ahead of your own, and are willing to outwork everyone then good things will happen. He is determined to live out his personal purpose statement, “To see all I can do with all that I have been given by always going for it, never settling, and remaining true to who I am while striving to be a creator and not a taker. On judgement day my life will have been deemed a success because I will be able to say, I have nothing left. I used everything you gave me.”