Economist, close to the Democratic Party of the Left. Son of the Marxist philosopher Antonio. Rodolfo Banfi, after having participated in the resistance, had graduated in law in 1946 at University of Milan, entering the Italian Commercial Bank, where he led the research department. After a first marriage with Rossana Rossanda, he then married Francesca Trimarchi. In 1979, Rodolfo Banfi was named president of the Central Mediocredito and later became president of Sofipa, the financial participation of Mediocrediti, and Sofipa brokerage. After spending six months from the end of 1990, President of ATM, the municipal transport company in Milan, had received the purpose of monitoring, as an independent member of the Board of Trustees, the budget of the PDS Milan Federation.