[1] He immigrated from Italy at age 14 and pursued a career that gained him recognition in the early 1900s as a prominent leader among the growing population of American citizens of Italian descent.

Baldi further achieved strong relationships with the existing American political and business communities in the greater Philadelphia area that developed from his business enterprises, which included social and philanthropic organizations that centered around supporting the lifestyle of Italian immigrant people to attain improved economic status and preserve traditional cultural heritage while living in the United States.

His first start-up business in America was a push cart fruit stand that rose to notoriety by skillfully cornering the local wholesaling and retailing market selling lemons.

He owned and operated the largest daily Italian language newspaper L'Opinione from 1906–1930[2] that provided job openings, news of the day in both America and Italy.

BALDI Brothers diversified in lines of banking, real estate, insurance, transatlantic steamship agency, coal sales, livery stable, funeral undertaking and newspaper publication.

The family heritage was well established in Italy for centuries, with the father, Vito Baldi being a contractor and a houseman in the Province of Salerno where the five boys were born.