milan, italy, october 23, 2008. roberto einaudi posing for a photograph close by portrait of his grandfather luigi einaudi, former president of italian republic, at the exhibition dedicated to his life as economist and politician.

milan, italy, october 20, 2008. from left to right: banker cesare geronzi, as president of mediobanca, economist lorenzo bini smaghi commissary of monetary commission of eu central bank, and giulio tremonti, italian minister of financial affairs, they met for a discussion on how banks and financial situation will go on after american disaster of lehman brothers and deep fall of stock exchange world.

milan, italy, october 10, 2008. this very year palazzo mezzanotte celebrated 200 years of seat of italian stock market with the presence of top bankers, tycoons, and politicians. did someone of them expect what kind of financial disaster was on the air not long after in the western world ?.........

ph ginobegotti 2007 - italian banker alessandro profumo, president of unicredit group

ph ginobegotti 2006 - alessandro profumo, banker
presidente of unicredit group

ph ginobegotti 2005 - alessandro profumo
president of a top banks group in italy