Born in Palermo in 1986, Riccardo Di Stefano began his association career with the Young Entrepreneurs. At national level he became Vice President for the 2017-2020 term of office, where he was in charge of Education, Human Capital, and Internal Training projects, and subsequently held the position of National President from 2020 to 2024. From 2020 he is a member of the General Council of Confindustria and from 2023 of the General Council of Sicindustria.

He graduated in Law from the LUMSA University of Palermo and completed his education with a PhD in Civil Economics. In 2012, he then began working in the family business, becoming a member of the Board of Directors of Officina Lodato S.r.l., a company founded in 1957 with offices in Palermo and Rome and operating throughout Italy in the civil and industrial plant engineering sector.

In 2014 he founded Meditermica srl, a company active in the wholesale supply of thermohydraulic material, and in 2024 he took over Endevion srl, a company dedicated to the production of evaporative towers and industrial water treatment systems.