Hoffmann Family of Companies
Hoffmann Family of Companies is a Florida-based family-run private equity firm headquartered in Naples, Florida that owns various companies. The company was established in 2015 and is led by billionaire David Hoffmann.
It bought the Old Corkscrew Golf Club in Lee County, Florida in 2022 and is redeveloping it.
David Hoffmann stated an aim to establish the second-largest group of newspapers in the U.S. The firm owns 19 publications, including a stake in Lee Enterprises, publications in California through its Hoffmann Media Group subsidiary, the Town Crier on Mackinac Island, Florida Weekly, and the Napa Valley Register in California, as well as a large stake in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
In December 2025 it was announced that the family is buying the Pittsburgh Penguins NHL hockey team.
According to its website it owns 120 brands and employs 16,000 people across 30 countries. Holdings include wineries, golf courses, sports businesses, wood products companies, transportation businesses and newspapers.
Companies
- Arnold Transit Company serving Mackinac Island in Michigan
- Star Line Ferry serving Mackinac Island
- The St. Ignace News covering St. Ignace, Michigan and Mackinac County, Michigan
- Washington Missourian in Washington, Missouri
- Oberweis Dairy
- Elmer Chocolate of Louisiana.
- Ave Maria Sun, newspaper in Fort Myers, Florida
- Florida Weekly newspaper in Naples, Florida
- Babcock Ranch Telegraph in Babcock Ranch, Florida
- Florida Healthcare News
- Hertz Arena