Vijay Mallya has been married twice throughout his life. His first marriage was to Sameera Tyabjee, an air hostess whom he married in 1986, though the union ended in divorce after a brief period, and they share a son named Sidharth Mallya. Following his divorce from his first wife, he married Rekha Mallya in 1993, with whom he has two daughters, Leena and Tanya. Rekha Mallya had been a close family friend prior to their marriage, and despite the subsequent complex legal and financial challenges surrounding his business ventures over the years, she has remained out of the primary public commercial spotlight.