Oscar de la Renta married Annette Engelhard (born 1939), daughter of Fritz Mannheimer and his wife Jane née Reiss, and adoptive daughter of her mother's second husband, Charles W. Engelhard, Jr. De la Renta had stepchildren from both marriages. His son-in-law Alex Bolen currently operates as Chief Executive Officer, and stepdaughter Eliza Bolen serves as Vice President of Licensing at Oscar de la Renta, LLC. De la Renta was regarded as an unofficial ambassador of the Dominican Republic, his home country, and held a diplomatic passport. He had homes there in Casa de Campo and Punta Cana, in addition to his residence in Kent,
Oscar De La Hoya vs. Ricardo Mayorga the number-one ranked pound-for-pound fighter in boxing, began almost immediately after his fight with Mayorga. The fight was originally tagged for the fall of 2006, but De La Hoya would not fight for the remainder of 2006 as negotiations dragged on before both sides were finally able to reach an agreement in November 2006 for a May 5, 2007 fight. Oscar De La Hoya vs. Ricardo Mayorga Oscar De La Hoya vs. Ricardo Mayorga, billed as "Danger Zone", was a professional boxing match contested on May 6, 2006 for the WBC light middleweight title. Oscar De La Hoya's previous fight