Nathan Cox

Nathan is the founder and CEO of 68 Ventures, the parent company for numerous operating and development entities along the Alabama Gulf Coast and Florida Panhandle.

The organization is focused on development, construction, real estate, and related services within the region.  The long-term strategic plan for 68 Ventures is to vertically integrate through acquisitions, joint ventures, and start-ups to provide scale, value creation, and a best-in-class customer experience.

His business career launched in 2008 when he founded Bellator Real Estate & Development, the largest brokerage firm on the Alabama Gulf Coast seven years running, and it is projecting over $900 million in transaction volume for 2022. Nathan started Truland Homes in 2011, which has closed over 2,800 homes, and become one of the largest home builders in the country. To facilitate the growth of these businesses, he created Terracore Development Services, which has delivered over 6,000 single family lots to date and is the largest supplier for D.R. Horton’s Northern Gulf Coast Division. Business lines supporting the fully integrated vision under the 68V umbrella now total 17 operating companies, specifically: title, mortgage, insurance, pest control, landscaping, plumbing, siding, roofing, door products, custom home building, build-to-rent contracting, commercial construction, staffing and a strategic investments division.

As CEO, he serves as the leader, visionary, and culture driver for the respective companies.

Nathan graduated from the University of Alabama summa cum laude in investment finance and economics, then earning his MBA from the University of South Alabama. He played football at the University of Alabama while earning Academic All SEC Honors, was recognized with the Paul “Bear” Bryant Award his senior year as the university’ s most outstanding student athlete, and later presented with the Economics, Finance, and Legal Studies Alumni Leadership Award.

Upon graduation, Nathan became a Rifle Platoon Commander with 3rd Bn 6th Marines and during his deployment in Iraq was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal with combat “V” for Valor as a 1st Lieutenant in recognition of his actions while in combat.

Nathan is passionate about spending time with his three children, traveling, leading charitable endeavors, exercising, tackling challenges, any form of competition and studying successful people. He strives 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 forgetting who I am in the process and helping everyone I can along my journey to live out a story worth telling. 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.’”

He is the proud husband to the love of his life, Kimberly, and they have three amazing children (Savannah, Scarlett and Luke). Nathan is an active member of the Southern 7 Chapter of the Young Presidents’ Organization and highly engaged in his work with the Cox Family Foundation.