David Ferreira (n. 1954) studied History at the Faculty of Letters of Lisbon but did not finish the course.
He worked for almost 40 years in the music business and industry (Valentim de Carvalho, EMI-Valentim de Carvalho, David Ferreira Investidas Editoriais). Between 1983 and 2007, he directed EMI-Valentim de Carvalho (which eventually became EMI Music Portugal), a company that during this quarter of a century was a leader or vice-leader of the market and the largest publisher of Portuguese Music. When he left EMI in 2007, he was vice president of EMI Iberia.