Power, money and lots of luxury. Who is Kiko Campos Costa, the businessman “Don Juan” who dragged the country's most powerful elite to the wedding of his dreams?

What is the best scenario? Santa Maria (da Cartoxa) Monastery, in Évora, and Valongo Castle to host 'Wedding of the Year'It is true that newlyweds are not the type who like to appear on magazine covers, give interviews and talk about their private lives. Far from it: Kiko (Francisco) Campos Costa and Madalena Mendez Esteves are part of the secret tribe.: They enjoy the best life has to offer, and share the pleasures that money can provide, but behind closed doors. What the “oldies” call it: old money – what you don’t like to spend, but it’s there… and in any way! They got married last weekend, in this fairytale setting in the Alentejo, in a million-dollar ceremony attended by family and friends.

And it will all look like this: a wedding for the national elite, with guests from those who do not like to appear in magazines, not to mention social networks and who extend from Jose Manuel Durao Barroso to Paula Amorim, Rui Moreira to Pereira Coutinho, If it weren't for some “influential” friends sharing moments of the ceremony and the party on social media. It is important to say that Kiko Campos Costa, despite being a successful businessman, has always had famous friends, who could not be missed at his wedding.

Ricardo Pereira and his family Former actress Sara Salgado and her husband Diogo Pereira Coutinho – who got married in church the previous weekend, three years after their civil marriage – the Patrocinio sisters, Catarina (Pempinha) Jardim, among many other first-rate influencers like Raquel Strada or even the more recent Concha Lima Mayer, regulars of these circles. And it was up to them to publish the most beautiful images in a measured way, days later, which were impossible not to share on Instagram. Because the party of a self-respecting millionaire, these days, is very difficult to maintain its privacy.

Kiko Campos Costa, the businessman who never stopped growing his wealth

but Who is, in the end, Kiko Campos Costa, the 40-year-old businessman? That instead of living off his family, he has amassed a fortune through his work? In fact, he is an “all-terrain” investor, that is, he is not afraid to bet. Studied Economics and Finance in LondonHe ended up getting interested in real estate, and still in the early 2000s, He ended up in Dubai where he made real estate investments. And I started making real money. From there to New York was a step.In this world of millions, the Porto businessman met people who fascinated him, from international actors to millionaire Richard Branson. And so was born the dream of going on a space mission to the moon – a desire that will (currently) be fulfilled by another Portuguese, also a businessman from the north but in a different age group, Mário Ferreira.

Despite international roaming.. Kiko never lost his love for his country, Portugal, his city of Porto, and his holidays at his usual spot: Gigi Beach – and right next door, Ancao – in the Algarve.There he began to stand out, alongside famous actresses or models, and there, at a time when the paparazzi were feeding the rosy press, his name began to be talked about.

Ricardo Pereira, Francisca, Kiko Campos Costa and Catarina Jardim
Image: Instagram

All because Kiko has always loved the good life: the sun, the sea, and having fun with his friends, many of whom he still loves to this day. In fact, in Gigi he had a bachelorette party a week earlier, complete with diving and toasts with friends who accompanied him, a week later, on his wedding day.

Along the way, relationships with characters such as actress Liliana Santos (filmed in 2018) or Vanessa Martins (2010) were recorded.

All things are in the past because Don Juan calmed down. And it's not just that you do the Camino de Santiago every year or whenever you need to. The culprit is the woman who actually has a real ring on her finger, Madalena Mendez Esteves.. He assures those who know him that he is the love of his life and that he now wants to be happy by his side with all that he deserves. Like the wedding, in the church and the castle, with a dreamy decor, he described it as “unforgettable”.