Mário Nuno dos Santos Ferreira (born 1968) is a Portuguese businessman and entrepreneur.. He is the chairman of

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, a major Portuguese media company with holdings including

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. In March 2024, he acquired a 4.6% stake in Savannah Resources which is developing Europe’s largest lithium mine in northern Portugal. On 4 August 2022, as part of the Blue Origin NS-22 mission, Mário Ferreira lifted off from Corn Ranch,

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to space on board of

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. He became the first Portuguese person to travel to space.

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