Risto Mejide
ABOUT RISTO MEJIDE
Spanish publicist and producer best recognized as a judge on the Telecinco talent competitions Operación Triunfo and Tú sí que vales.
He earned an M.B.A. at ESADE Business School in 1997 and later worked there as a lecturer.
In 2009, he began working as a songwriter and music producer for the Spanish band Labuat.
He and his previous girlfriend, television presenter Ruth Jimenez, have one son named Julio Mejide Jiménez. In 2019, he married model Laura Escanes . In October 2019, their daughter Roma was born.
He is a musical talent show judge similar to American Idol's Simon Cowell .
