BRANCHING OUT: Henry Davis’ Greater Omaha Packing Inc., best known for its top-quality beef used in some of the finest restaurants, purchased Heartland Proteins, which specializes in purchasing and distributing meat and bone meal for the animal feed industry. Last year, it launched a direct-to-consumer steak line that leverages new technology to keep refrigerated beef fresh for 30 days.
OC CONNECTION: About three years ago, snapped up an oceanfront home in Emerald Bay for $21M. Has a larger, primary residence in Nebraska and is reported to be one of that state’s wealthiest residents.
THE MONEY: In 1987, took over beef supplier business started by grandfather in 1920 and grew it multiple times over. It is now the fifth-largest beef producer in the country, with more than $1.8B in annual sales, nearly 1.45K employees and beef shipments to more than 70 countries around the world, it reports. Greater Omaha processes 2.4K head of the nation’s finest, high-quality cattle daily. Motto on website: “Let’s talk beef.”
THE MEAT: High-end product used by some of the country’s most renowned restaurants, and those in nearly 70 other countries. It’s also increased ground beef production from 250K pounds to 450K pounds daily.
UKRAINE: Donated 67.6K pounds of beef to war-torn Ukraine in 2022. “At Greater Omaha Packing, we live in a country where freedom and opportunity enable us to produce the finest beef and for our employees to provide for their families. It is a natural extension of our company’s mission to help Ukrainians fight for those same opportunities in their own country,” Davis said at the time.
PHILANTHROPY: In 2020, was cited by the Orange County Museum of Art as one of its lead donors for its new home at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts. Among many other community-focused projects, has supported Omaha-based Project Harmony, which serves more than 10K children a year who have been physically, sexually or mentally abused.
