Nelson Mitchell

Nelson Mitchell has spent 32 years shaping the residential built environment of Texas through master-planned land development, for-sale homebuilding, and build-to-rent communities. As the fourth-generation leader of one of the state’s longest-standing homebuilding families, he has focused his career on one mission: giving first-time buyers and growing families a quality home of their own.

Nelson was CEO of HISTORYMAKER Homes, Texas’s longest-standing production homebuilder, for more than 25 years. Under his leadership, the company sold more than 26,000 homes, regularly started over 1,000 homes a year across the first-time and move-up markets, and grew from Dallas-Fort Worth into Houston and San Antonio. During his tenure, HISTORYMAKER won the prestigious National Housing Quality Award and consistently ranked among the top builders in Texas.

Through Jabez Development, Nelson has planned and developed master-planned communities across North Texas. In 2019 he founded ONM Living to bring innovative, high-quality, energy-efficient homes to families who rent. ONM Living has developed 12 build-to-rent communities with more than 2,200 rental homes. In October 2026, Century Communities acquired the HISTORYMAKER homebuilding operations, and Nelson continues to lead Jabez Development and ONM Living.

Nelson was honored at the 2022 Builder 100 Conference and received the Hearthstone BUILDER Humanitarian Award. A 1994 Texas A&M graduate, he remains closely connected to his alma mater. Through HISTORYMAKER Homes, the Mitchell family has supported the College of Architecture and the Department of Construction Science, investing in the next generation of Aggie construction leaders. Nelson is a member of the Construction Industry Advisory Council (CIAC), an Advisory Board Member for the Mays Real Estate Program, and speaks regularly to Construction Science classes.