Mark and Robyn Jones hope to invest and build ‘world-class cattle operation’
LINCOLN — In what appears to be a record-high buy for a Nebraska ranch, a roughly 40,000-acre Sandhills property with a history of prominent owners has shifted hands to a self-made billionaire insurance couple with a vision to build a “world-class cattle operation.”
Sold for $56 million, Lincoln County’s Pawnee Springs Ranch on Tuesday became the latest investment for Mark and Robyn Jones of Westlake, Texas. The high school sweethearts with a growing family of six kids and 20 grandchildren said they were seeking to diversify their business ventures.
Among other key holdings is part ownership of Goosehead Insurance, a public company the Joneses founded and grew, and a sprawling forested timberland ranch the pair bought a few years ago in Montana…