Jerry Naumoff is currently the Minister of Foreign Direct Investments in the Government of the Republic of Macedonia.

Jerry Naumoff’s career in employee benefits, human resources and risk management began in 1980 after he earned a football scholarship at Ball State Universtity while majoring in marketing and business administration. He grew up in Columbus, Ohio where his family, with roots in Gavato, Macedonia, owned and operated a successful restaurant for over 30 years.

With experience from several large insurance companies and top ranked Chicago-based consulting firms he founded The Naumoff Group, Inc., a total risk management advisory firm in 1993. As a serial entrepreneur he also imported mineral water, owned a bar & grill and built one of the first web-based human resource self-service applications.

Jerry and his wife LuAnn live in the Chicago area and have six children, two of whom are twin girls adopted from the Bitola orphanage. Two of their sons are working (one with Cosmic Development) and completing their MBA’s in Skopje.