Tim Vieira

Timothy Alexander Vieira (born 18 July 1975) is a Portuguese businessman. Born in South Africa, he worked in Angola before relocating to Portugal in 2009. His business interests include property and telecommunications in Angola, and fruit and public debt in Portugal. He became an investor on the television programme Shark Tank in 2015.

Personal life and education Vieira was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, to parents of Portuguese origin. His father was an aircraft engineer and his mother had come to the country via Mozambique.

As of 2015, Vieira was living in Cascais with his wife and three children. and Sombra.

In 2015, Vieira became an investor on Portugal's version of the television programme Shark Tank, broadcast on SIC. He was the biggest investor in the first series, investing over €1 million.

On 25 April 2024, Vieira announced that he was collecting signatures to run for President of Portugal in the 2026 election, requiring 7,500 signatures in order to be valid. Vieira's proposals, which were classed as centre-right by Sábado magazine, included cutting taxes and shrinking the size of the state, changing the education system and naming Cristiano Ronaldo to the Council of State. On 19 August 2025, he suspended his candidacy, saying that there were already enough candidates who shared his proposals.