He began working as a metal worker apprentice in a mold factory, where he became director and later owner.
Alongside its professional life in industry he also started very young in Portuguese politics and activism, influenced by his family environment which was not aligned with the Estado Novo regime.
He joined the Portuguese Communist Party in 1968 but left it in 1975, after the Carnation Revolution, in disagreement with the positions that were being taken, devoting himself thereafter only to business life.
[3] Henrique Neto was a candidate in the 2016 Portuguese presidential election, obtaining 0,84% of the vote.
[4][5] He supported Rui Rio and the Social Democratic Party in the 2022 parliamentary elections and appeared in a rally in Leiria.