Luis Álvarez Renta Republic. Arriving in Venezuela with twenty dollars and a suitcase, Álvarez Saviñón was able to re-establish his fortune in Venezuela. It was said that in Caracas, "anywhere you looked something had been built by Virgilio Álvarez." His mother, Thelma Renta, was the sister of fashion designer Oscar de la Renta, and a major social figure in the Dominican Republic in her own right. Álvarez Renta studied in Venezuela and the Dominican Republic, eventually earning a full scholarship to a Dominican University. He was also able to study in the United States, attending both the University of Michigan and Washington University
Oscar De La Hoya who was at home watching the Latin Grammy Awards on television, saw De La Hoya escorting another woman, Puerto Rican singer Millie Corretjer, to the show. In 2000, EMI International released "Oscar De La Hoya". The self-titled CD is a Latin pop album with 13 tracks in both English and Spanish, written by Diane Warren and the Bee Gees, and was nominated for a Grammy. On October 5, 2001, De La Hoya married Millie Corretjer. They have two children together: a son, Oscar Gabriel De La Hoya (born December 29, 2005), and a daughter, Nina Lauren Nenitte De La Hoya