Ricardo Costa (journalist)

Portuguese journalist
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroPortuguese journalist
PlacesPortugal
isJournalist
Work fieldJournalism
Gender
Male
BirthLisbon
Family
Father:Orlando da Costa
The details

Biography

Ricardo Paiva Costa (Lisbon, 1968) is a Portuguese-Indian journalist.

Biography

Costa has worked for SIC television network as a host in several television programs, including Expresso da Meia-Noite, with Nicolau Santos. Since 2011, he is the director of Expresso. He is son of Orlando da Costa, a writer, and Inácia Martins Ramalho de Paiva and brother of António Costa, the current Portuguese Prime-Minister, by his father's first marriage to Maria Antónia Palla, journalist.

Personal life

He is divorced from Cláudia Borges, journalist, with whom he has three children. Before starting his career in journalism and became a noted media personality, Costa studied for a degree in communication at the New University of Lisbon, but did not graduate. António Costa is his half brother.

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