About
Operators First. Owners for the Long Term.
Who We Are
Nellis Holdings, LLC is a privately held company started by Jeff Hollenbeck to buy and operate good businesses for the long term.
If you have spent decades building a company, you are not just looking for a buyer. You are looking for someone you can trust to take care of it: your people, your customers, and the name on the door.
That is what we are here to do. We are not a fund on a five-year clock, and we are not stacking businesses to sell later. We are built to be a long-term owner, led by an operator who has spent his career running businesses from the inside.
Leadership
About Jeff Hollenbeck
Jeff Hollenbeck is a senior operating executive and entrepreneur. His career has been spent leading and growing established businesses.
He has carried executive responsibility for operations, P&L, leadership development, customer relationships, turnarounds, and long-term value creation. That work has spanned multi-location organizations across several states, with revenues in the eight and nine figures.
His operating background sits in trucking, logistics, warehousing, fleet maintenance, brokerage, driveaway, bulk transportation, and specialized transportation. He has worked through the day-to-day of real operations: pricing, cost control, safety, customer retention, acquisitions, and the slow work of building teams and systems that hold up.
Jeff started as an entrepreneur. He founded and built several businesses before moving into senior corporate leadership. That path gives him a view most buyers do not have. He understands ownership from the founder's side of the desk, and execution from the operator's.
In 2022, Heavy Duty Trucking magazine named Jeff an Emerging Leader Under 40. Independent industry recognition of the work and the results behind it.
Jeff will lead each acquisition directly, from the first conversation with a seller through the transition and the years following closing.
Purpose
Why Nellis Holdings
Nellis Holdings exists so owners have another option: a buyer focused on running the business, not just flipping it or squeezing a return out of it.
Our job is simple. Protect what works. Fix what does not. Build carefully for the long term. That means keeping the culture, the customer relationships, and the people who make the business what it is.
Region & Community
Rooted in the Great Lakes
We are based in Erie, Pennsylvania, within two hours of Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Buffalo. This region is where we live, work, and are focused on investing.
We believe in supporting the communities we will operate in. Strong businesses make strong communities. We take that seriously.
Principles
How We Operate
Respect the history.
The name on the door, the customer list, and the reputation are the most valuable things a business has.
Listen first.
The people who run the business every day know it best. We learn before we change anything.
Take care of the team.
We invest in the people who make the business work. Clear expectations, real training, real opportunity.
Make decisions clear.
Good decisions need clear ownership. We define who is responsible and what we are measuring.
Bring discipline, not disruption.
Better systems, better reporting, better financial habits, without breaking what already works.
Grow on purpose.
We grow carefully. Funded properly, aligned with customers, and built to last.
Stay close to customers.
Customers are the reason the business exists. We protect the trust and service they count on.
Next Step
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If you are thinking about the future of your business, we would be glad to talk quietly and on your terms.