14 Facts About Nacho Figueras

Since 2005, Nacho Figueras has been the face of Ralph Lauren's Black Label.

Ignacio Nacho Figueras Bermejo was born on March 4,1977, in Veinticinco de Mayo, Buenos Aires.

Nacho Figueras was raised in a middle-class family on a small farm outside the city.

Nacho Figueras's father was close friends with polo player Lucas Monteverde.

Nacho Figueras began playing polo at age 9 with Monteverde during weekend visits to his estate.

Nacho Figueras began playing polo professionally in Paris at age 17.

Nacho Figueras currently plays for and is captain of the BlackWatch Polo Team, a team he co-owns with Hirsch.

Nacho Figueras says his mission in life "is to bring polo to the world a little more," doing his best to raise the profile to the sport of polo however he can.

In October 2010, Nacho Figueras co-hosted the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic with Cameron Silver in Los Angeles at Will Rogers state park attracting celebrities and socialites like Minnie Driver, Mischa Barton, Donovan Leitch and Rachel Zoe.

Nacho Figueras appeared as himself in the 44th episode of the CW television series Gossip Girl, third-season premiere "Reversals of fortune", aired in 2009.

On September 28,2009, Nacho Figueras was a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show in Chicago.

In one of the segments on the show, Nacho Figueras gave Oprah's reporter Ali Wentworth a private polo lesson.

Nacho Figueras makes frequent appearances in The Ellen DeGeneres Show TV show as he is a great friend of the host Ellen DeGeneres.

Nacho Figueras has been married to fellow Argentine Delfina Blaquier, a photographer and former model, since 2004.