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David Hampson

1943 – 1995
David B. Hampson is an aviation insurance entrepreneur and author of Rainbow Gold: Building a Business That's Both the Journey and the Destination. He is president and general partner of Schrager Hampson Aviation Insurance Group and related firms. His journey spans from owning a restaurant in Cape Town, South Africa, to becoming an acquisition entrepreneur. An instrument-rated commercial pilot, he is also a regular contributing author for FLYING magazine.
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Rainbow Gold: Building a Business That's Both the Journey

4.9/5

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Rainbow Gold: Building a Business That's Both the Journey and the Destination is a business memoir and entrepreneurial guide by David B. Hampson, published by MindStir Media on October 17, 2025. Drawing on his own winding path — from running a restaurant in Cape Town, South Africa, to leading Schrager Hampson Aviation Insurance Group in New Hampshire — Hampson builds a case for passion-driven, sustainability-focused entrepreneurship rooted in the "butterfly effect" of small, deliberate choices. Kirkus Reviews calls it "familiar but sound advice on building a business for the long haul," and that verdict captures the book's balance of genuine credibility and real-world limitation: the voice is honest and grounded in lived experience, but readers already steeped in entrepreneur literature will encounter well-worn territory.

Reviewed Apr 5, 2026

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