David Cristina

David Vinagre Cristina is heir to the family medronho strawberry tree fruit brandy business founded by his grandparent Oliveiros Cristina in Algarve region of southern Mainland Portugal, one of the oldest and largest producers of the typical Algarve strawberry tree fruit drink in all of Portugal and reputedly the original producer and creator of the nationally recognized brand Brandymel (medronho strawberry tree fruit brandy with honey and herbs), a trademark currently owned by other businesses due to the absence of a valid registered trademark filled by the original creators. After this, the original family business rebranded its Brandymel product as Dom Cristina. David Cristina divorced in 2021 and is father of two children from his first and only marriage. David Vinagre Cristina's father name is also David Cristina. He is a Portuguese businessman who has run and operated the family medronho brandy business founded by his own father Oliveiros Cristina. David Vinagre Cristina's father has a degree in chemical engineering (Instituto Superior Técnico) and was a conscripted soldier fighting for the Portuguese Armed Forces during the Portuguese Colonial War in the early 1970s who was deployed to a combat zone in Portuguese Guinea. David Vinagre Cristina's mother is a Portuguese language teacher.

David Vinagre Cristina (born 1978, in Portimão) is a Portuguese humorist, stand-up comedian, storyteller, podcaster, radio and television personality, corporate executive, entrepreneur, stock investor and investment consultant, with a PhD on the field of genetics of ageing (University of California, San Francisco) and specialization in venture capital and private equity investing. Besides his extensive activity on Portuguese radio and television as a humorist, comedian and host, David Vinagre Cristina is the executive director for investments at the Lisbon branch of Fosun International and was investment consultant of Portugal's state-run venture capital and early-stage investing arm Portugal Ventures from 2015 to 2017 and member of government cabinet after has been appointed adviser of the Portuguese Secretary of State for Science from 2011 to 2015 in the XIX Constitutional Government of Portugal.