Oscar De La Hoya
President, Golden Boy Promotions
Boxer Oscar De La Hoya is known as “The Golden Boy,” winning a gold medal at the 1992 Olympics at the age of 19, then going on to win 10 world titles in six different weight classes. He generated hundreds of millions of dollars from his pay-per-view fights before his retirement in 2009. In 2002, he established Golden Boy Promotions. He formed the Oscar De la Hoya Foundation in 1995 to serve East Los Angeles. It includes the Oscar De la Hoya Ánimo Charter High School, the Cecilia Gonzalez de la Hoya Cancer Center, and the Oscar De la Hoya Children’s Medical Center, both at White Memorial Medical Center.