Hoffmann Family's new Naples boutique a step toward national expansion, says matriarch

More than 50 years of marriage and helping create a multibillion business has not dimmed Jerri Hoffmann’s entrepreneurial drive.

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 8:00 a.m. August 2, 2025
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Jerri Hoffmann, the matriarch of the Hoffmann Family of Cos., is getting ready to open her second retail store, this one in Naples.
Jerri Hoffmann, the matriarch of the Hoffmann Family of Cos., is getting ready to open her second retail store, this one in Naples.
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Jerri and David Hoffmann were about to graduate from college when a job opportunity presented itself.

It was in San Francisco and the young Kansas couple was eager to go. David had been offered a position at Kaiser Aluminum and Jerri had taken on job as a teacher.

 

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