Reinaldo Herrera

Reinaldo Herrera Guevara (26 July 1933 – 18 March 2025) was a Venezuelan-American socialite and journalist. Born to a noble Venezuelan family, he was the 5th Marquis de Torre Casa—a Spanish title—for seventeen years. His significant American education and decades as a jet setter ingratiating himself with the global elite positioned him for his career within media. After several years hosting early talk show Buenos días, he was employed by Vanity Fair for smooth relations with high society figures. He was married to fashion designer Carolina Herrera.

Early life and family Reinaldo Herrera Guevara was born to Don Reinaldo Herrera Uslar, 4th Marquis de Torre Casa, and María Teresa Guevara Pietrantoni de Uslar, members of Venezuelan nobility and the House of Herrera, on 26 July 1933 in Caracas. He was the eldest of four children, with siblings including Luis Felipe Their father was a prominent Venezuelan sugarcane plantation owner, aristocrat, and art collector. Reinaldo Herrera Guevara grew up in the ,

In 1975, Herrera inherited the title , a Spanish noble title re-created in 1924 by Alfonso XIII. He ceded the title to Alejandro Alfonzo-Larraín Recao in 1992 after the court of Madrid ruled that, since Herrera had no male heirs, it could not continue in his branch.

He did not visit Venezuela after 2013, and described what the nation became under Nicolás Maduro as "horrific". another nephew, Roberto Antonio Picón Herrera, was involved in election oversight for the Democratic Unity Roundtable and in June 2017 was detained as a political prisoner.

Education and career Herrera was educated in the United States, attending prep school at St. Mark's School before Harvard University and Georgetown University. He was a television journalist in Venezuela,

His official role at Vanity Fair was as special projects editor, though he served as a general fixer for it, based on his extensive connections. When the magazine was threatened with closure in 1985 and decided its fortunes would rely on a Ronald Reagan cover issue, Herrera "pulled the strings" to get them access to the Reagans. He did also pitch stories while at Vanity Fair, Former deputy editor Dana Brown wrote that Herrera was "maybe the most charismatic and charming man to ever exist", noting that he was known at the magazine as Reggie.

Among his other publishing roles, he worked for Town & Country magazine. The Onassises divorced in 1960, and though Herrera had been Tina's "most constant" affair, they did not have plans to wed.

He married childhood friend María Carolina Josefina Pacanins y Niño in 1968 in Caracas. Carolina and her two daughters from a previous marriage moved into the Hacienda La Vega, with the couple also maintaining a home in New York City. Carolina Adriana Herrera-Pacanins (b. 1969), who was married to between 2004 and 2017. Their three children are: Olympia Baez, Miguel Baez V, and Atalanta Baez. As of 2025, Carolina Jr. was in a relationship with Portuguese businessman Pedro de Noronha. in 2002. The two have three children together: Carolina Lansing-Herrera, Gerrit Lansing-Herrera, and Magnus Lansing-Herrera.

Herrera also shared his wife's other daughters, Mercedes and Ana Luisa. All six moved their primary residence to New York when Herrera became an editor at Vanity Fair, with his wife deciding to put her fledgling fashion career on hold until the children were older. His body was repatriated and interred at the family site in Caracas on 21 March.